the unexpected action of deep listening can create a space of transformation capable of shattering complacency and despair.

To write,” Marguerite Duras remarked, “is also not to speak. It is to keep silent. It is to howl noiselessly.

When silence is a choice, it is an unnerving presence. When silence is imposed, it is censorship.

Beauty is transformed over time, and not without destruction.

I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence, listening To Silence

Your silence creates a vacuum for others to fill The key is to stay present and keep listening. The silence of holding steady is different from the silence of holding back.