Usually, the Pleasure Find I highlight on any given Friday is some beautiful object you, or your rich uncle, can purchase with the click of a button. Today, however, I want to focus on a much more precious and delightful Pleasure Find… Silence.
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A moment of silence can seem nearly impossible to find. Surrounded, as we are, by the sounds of grinding traffic and talking heads, barking dogs and insistent alarm clocks, blaring radios and pinging computers, silence has been lost. When was the last time you sat – for two minutes, even – without music or neighborly chatter or chirping birds as a white noise backdrop? Try it. It can seem utterly terrifying at first. Your thoughts may start to scream. Shush them. And, to quote the wisdom of Simon & Garfunkel, listen instead to the sound of silence.
Price: Free. Available anywhere you seek it.
calimama @ compactbydesign
/ May 8, 2009Silence. Yeah, I forgot about that one. What a novel idea. I wonder how I can get some of that for myself?
calimama @ compactbydesign’s last blog post..friday forum
catherine
/ May 8, 2009I need a pair of those Bose headphones or something. Otherwise, it’s never going to happen.
molly
/ May 9, 2009silence is one of the reasons i love yoga so much. i agree. there’s nothing like it!
molly’s last blog post..seeds have been planted in my head.
emmajames
/ May 10, 2009CM: Ah, that’s the trick, isn’t it? Discovering how to create the space for it. Good luck!
Catherine: Well, why not add a pair to your shopping list. Or do you have a birthday coming up?
Molly: Oh, I love yoga too! Especially when the instructor understands silence.