All: "There is dignity in quiet things and quiet people, and gravity accrues to those activities mostly performed in silence: reading, praying, looking at paintings, standing in the woods. We equate loud noise with violence. Without loudspeakers, Hitler observed, the Nazis would never have conquered Germany. It's hard to imagine Gandhi astride a Harley."
So begins a review in the NY Times on three books about noise. Anyone subject to the din of modern life, including the roar of muffleress motorcycles, knows of wherof the author speaks. Whoever wrote, "Silence is golden" knew a thing or too about metaphysics. Bo recently observed that intellect "thumbs its nose at all social values," intellect's need for quiet to function insightfully being a case in point. Those interested will find the review at: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/books/18silence.html?scp=1&sq=meditations%20on %20noise&st=cse Quality loves quiet. Regards, Platt Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
