the sanctity of silence ^¥^

~wolfinthewoods

now that i am here

on my mountain-top

i have grown

increasingly reluctant

to disturb the silence

it's so quiet and

* p ` e ~ a * c ` ~ e * f ` u ~ l *

here

i don't think

it's just this place

i've been headed

this direction for awhile

embracing the quiet

the solitude

as a book i

read recently put it:

"the right to not be addressed"

that's the thing

we are constantly

[[ I - N - U - N - D - A - T - E - D ]]

with

>w o r d s

♪♪ S O U N D S ♪♪

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in the past year

or so

i've felt myself

my being

oversaturated with it

the ever present

cavalcade

of content

arcade fire's 'infinite content'

resounding in my head:

'infinite content/infinite content
we're infinitely content'

and it's true

but i think

we're

mostly

infinitly

discontent

at least i am

so

i dialed out of it

largely

i think most of us

on the pub have

i've realized

that a big part

of what is missing

in modern life

is the quiet spaces

the spaces where i

can just

<<<think>>>

and

BE

not be injected with

another's thoughts

or the petitions of

a corporation

or the narrative of

a media organization

just be

content

to be

without

content

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'The five colours blind the eye.
The five tones deafen the ear.
The five flavours dull the taste.
Racing and hunting madden the mind.
Precious things lead one astray.

Therefore the sage 
is guided by 
what he feels 
and not 
by what he sees.
He lets go of that 
and chooses this.