Silence

[CharleyH]

We just had a moment of silence, no fridge humming, no pipes running, no Karaoke boy singing, no streetcar, no horns, no . . . . nothing - barely even our breath. It was the most peaceful moment I have heard in two years, and it was also weird to think that silence is rare.

Anyone else had this, if even for a moment?

(taps are back on, computer is turning, and nameless love pidgeons are cooing, again. It was brief and rare - the silence.)

 

[logophile]

We just had a moment of silence, no fridge humming, no pipes running, no Karaoke boy singing, no streetcar, no horns, no . . . . nothing - barely even our breath. It was the most peaceful moment I have heard in two years, and it was also weird to think that silence is rare.

Anyone else had this, if even for a moment?

(taps are back on, computer is turning, and nameless love pidgeons are cooing, again. It was brief and rare - the silence.)

I know they happen from time to time, but they are also so rare here that I can't even remember the last one. I do know, that like you, I'm startled when I find myself in the middle of one.

 

[CharleyH]

Thanks. Our world is so full of noise, I think its the oddest thing when silence occurs. I did stop typing at that weird moment btw!

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Thanks. Our world is so full of noise, I think its the oddest thing when silence occurs. I did stop typing at that weird moment btw!

I always stop typing at that moment. It usually accompanies a power outage, so I have no choice.

 

[logophile]

I always stop typing at that moment. It usually accompanies a power outage, so I have no choice.

 

[English Lady]

hmm silence. I really cant remember the last time i heard silence, thorough silence. Theres nearly always some level of noise, even if it's just birds singing or a car going past or something.

 

[CharleyH]

I always stop typing at that moment. It usually accompanies a power outage, so I have no choice.

Hm. Smart . . . ass.

 

[neonlyte]

I always stop typing at that moment. It usually accompanies a power outage, so I have no choice.

You should try moving to a proper town

 

[cloudy]

Dead silence unnerves me, for some reason. I live way out in the middle of nowhere, but there's still plenty of noise: the horses in the pasture behind the house, the cows in the pasture across the road, someone down the road out on a tractor.....

 

[Halo_n_horns]

We had that experience this last summer, at a beach along the ocean. It didn't take long to get used to the rhythm of the surf hitting the sand of the beach throughout the day. We also heard all the people, the sea gulls, radios playing, cars going by a short distance away, etc.

But then, right around sunset when the beach had cleared, the traffic had settled down from the weekday commuters, and the sea gulls had returned to their nests for the night, it happened.

The only real sound left was the ocean hitting the beach, and every few minutes there was a void in the rhythm of the waves hitting the sand. For just a second or two we could've sworn that we had gone completely deaf. There simply was no sound in the air. We didn't notice it at another times of the day because of all the other noises. At first it was unnerving, but as we sat in the sand and got used to rhythm, it ended up being incredibly relaxing.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

You should try moving to a proper town

Hey, the power outages only happen because they're building that super cool tramway.

 

[CharleyH]

We had that experience this last summer, at a beach along the ocean. It didn't take long to get used to the rhythm of the surf hitting the sand of the beach throughout the day. We also heard all the people, the sea gulls, radios playing, cars going by a short distance away, etc.

But then, right around sunset when the beach had cleared, the traffic had settled down from the weekday commuters, and the sea gulls had returned to their nests for the night, it happened.

The only real sound left was the ocean hitting the beach, and every few minutes there was a void in the rhythm of the waves hitting the sand. For just a second or two we could've sworn that we had gone completely deaf. There simply was no sound in the air. We didn't notice it at another times of the day because of all the other noises. At first it was unnerving, but as we sat in the sand and got used to rhythm, it ended up being incredibly relaxing.

Soundless beauty. Hopefully with the sound of sex soon afte

 

[Guest]

I always stop typing at that moment. It usually accompanies a power outage, so I have no choice.

If I'm typing when a power outage occurs, I can guaranteed there will be no silence. The air for miles will be filled with 200db of ex-sailor cursing.

Don't believe me? Ask my neighbors about Friday morning when the garbage truck knocked down a utility pole.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

If I'm typing when a power outage occurs, I can guaranteed there will be no silence. The air for miles will be filled with 200db of ex-sailor cursing.

Don't believe me? Ask my neighbors about Friday morning when the garbage truck knocked down a utility pole.

Yeah, but there is always that one second of silence during which they're just looking up and wondering, "what the fuck..."

 

[cantdog]

I remember after the WTC thing when all the planes were grounded.

Quiet. It was the last time I remember that much quiet until the winter trip to my camp, across seven miles of ice.

At night, with a light snow fallingand all hands asleep, the lake frozen into stillness and the snowfall absorbing the distant sounds, there were long minutes of nothing at all but my own blood and breath.

 

[Guest]

Soundless beauty. Hopefully with the sound of sex soon afte

That came later, but unfortunately not at the beach.

 

[SeaCat]

Dead silence unnerves me, for some reason. I live way out in the middle of nowhere, but there's still plenty of noise: the horses in the pasture behind the house, the cows in the pasture across the road, someone down the road out on a tractor.....

Cloudy,

I grew up in areas like that, and even more rural. You're right, when it becomes absolutely silent in a place like that it is un-nerving. (It usually means trouble of some kind.)

Cat

 

[Guest]

I remember after the WTC thing when all the planes were grounded.

Quiet. It was the last time I remember that much quiet until the winter trip to my camp, across seven miles of ice.

At night, with a light snow fallingand all hands asleep, the lake frozen into stillness and the snowfall absorbing the distant sounds, there were long minutes of nothing at all but my own blood and breath.

eerie, that sound. the silence filled skies.


can always tell when its snowed over night. the sound in the morning or lack of it smacks of snow insulation.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

That moment of sudden eerie silence usually means an angel is passing by overhead and all the world knows it.

---dr.M.

 

[brightlyiburn]

The day I'm completely silent is the day I'm dead.
And probably not even then.

The house we're in currently is big (and if we weren't getting a break on the rent cause we're practically family, we wouldn't be living here). When no one is home, it gets way too quiet for my liking.

 

[minsue]

I don't think I've ever "heard" complete silence. Even when it's quiet enough to hear my pulse or, more disturbing, quiet enough to hear the click of my eyelids when I blink, I hear that so I still get no damned silence.

 

[cantdog]

I don't insist on it. I like the heart to keep beating and whatnot.

But being at the lake, especially on that point, with no sound of water was striking. It was cold, dry, hard snow, too, sifting down very slowly with no breath of wind. The blizzard conditions didn't happen until later in the morning and during the time we were walking out!

vella? Snow has a smell, too, I think. You can tell if it's on the way or not, just the way you can if you wake up to it.

cantdog

 

[CharleyH]

That moment of sudden eerie silence usually means an angel is passing by overhead and all the world knows it.

---dr.M.

Which one? The bright star?

Couldn't resist. Excuse the bump.

 

[minsue]

Which one? The bright star?

Couldn't resist. Excuse the bump.

I'll most certainly not excuse it! You bumped without grinding, a definite breech of ettiquite. *humph!!*