tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297868026780383477.comments2021-04-25T22:23:38.367-07:00Observing SilenceArtist Seth Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02273256947008880846noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297868026780383477.post-22291237343493488482011-01-23T08:42:49.465-08:002011-01-23T08:42:49.465-08:00I did a search on language on your blog which came...I did a search on language on your blog which came up with a couple of entries including this one. What follows is not so much a response to it as an attempt to expand on silence and its potential for communicating with the other - and for finding harmony with him/her. This is not the brutal silence of ignorance but the recognition of the limit of the spoken word for harmonious communication between us. <br /><br />I've been reading Luce Irigaray again lately - in the preface of 'Etre Deux', she celebrates air as the undivided fluid density that is the prerequisite for growth and sharing. If plants co-exist without difficulty, she says, what about humans? How do we share the air surrounding us, between us? How do we communicate without breaking the fragile envelop that nourishes us in our state of contemplative unity? Do our words carry the same air or a different one? Is this air good for life?<br />- and if you remain silent, doesn't that mean that you are short of words? and if you sing, could it be that there is more air in a song - beyond words?<br /><br />'Your silence and my contemplation co-exist. What also exists is the almost absolute silence of the beginning of the world. In an equal measure, before everything is said, a dense cloud of air, almost immobile, floats on earth. The vegetal universal breathes already, and we, maybe, are wondering how to speak, how to speak to each other, without suffocating it.' [my translation]Vivhttp://www.artartandaway.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297868026780383477.post-22777235130848524002010-07-31T05:58:39.153-07:002010-07-31T05:58:39.153-07:00you might not know that. This is my favorite book ...you might not know that. This is my favorite book in the world I read at least twice a year, and enjoy it more and more every time.<br />I am glad you're enjoying French literature and shall give you titles soon.<br />BizSandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15639411363085508814noreply@blogger.com