Silence cannot be imagined but only heard firsthand
Evidence
Silence can be carried like embers from a fire. Silence can be found, and silence can find you. Silence can be lost and also recovered. But silence cannot be imagined, although most people think so. To experience the soul-swelling wonder of silence, you must hear it. — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 26
Categorization
- FICTION: The embers-from-a-fire image and the claim silence can find you are evocative seeds for scene work in nature writing.
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 26
- XREF: connects to: Sound descriptions are trustworthy only when the writer heard them directly — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 30; Silence is an active presence that must be experienced, not imagined — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 26; Silence is nothing merely negative; it is not the mere absence of speech, but has a kind of Being of its own. — The Being of Silence (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Silence is an active presence that must be experienced, not imagined
#corroborates(0.90) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 26