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 SILENCE Open in new Window. [E]
Silence Is My Best Friend
by Naomi Author Icon
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Happy Account Anniversary Naomi Author Icon,

I am perusing your portfolio to lend response to one of your many writings. I stumbled upon this and how you relate to a very old song, as far back as the mid 60s. It is a beautiful song and one of agony, with that open, "Hello darkness my old friend." I was actually repeating that opening while toiling in my backyard in these past few days. So, serendipity now to find your response to it today.

Your reaction to the Simon and Garfunkel hit sparks the positive aspect of what silence can do to keep a soul, especially for a writer, healthy, happy and properly functioning. For some, silence is golden. For others, it's sadness amidst loneliness in an indifferent world that won't communicate, isolates and divides, causing people to consider their worth, and the value of life and humanity. It's clearly existentialism.

You have a great handle on writing your own reaction with insightfulness. It reminds me of the line:

People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening

...among those ten thousand or so, likely a New York area from street to a central park. Perhaps, not liking the indifference and how one can be alone in walls of people who don't take notice.

You might not have realized there is a very popular remake of the song by the Alternative Rock group Disturbed, that I'll link below. The lyrics pop up on the screen, and you might get an extra dimension to the layered melancholy and beauty with a very touching vocal performance, adding legend of the song.

Thank you so much for your response today and giving me another chance to reconsider the old and new hit in my own bliss of silence.

Happy Anniversary!

Brian
WDC Anniversary Reviewer

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