Indeed. You'd be surprised how many people in churches are uncomfortable
with a "moment of silence for self-reflection". I once let it go for 30
*seconds* and people were getting real squirmy.
I happen to enjoy silence immensely.
Just so long as we don't bring up John Cage again .... :-)
dhbailey wrote:
But this does bring up another side-track, which is related: Why can't
more people be content to simply sit in silence? I have a rich inner
life and a vivid imagination, and I am quite content to sit in an
intermission of a play/concert/whatever and simply be. But people I am
with are immediately bursting into conversation, which is often no more
meaningful than listening to recorded music as far as intellectual
stimulation goes. there are too many people who have too great a need
to hear something and when there's nothing else to hear, they speak.
Nothing important, just something so there's no silence.
Far too many people are afraid of silence ...
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