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In Pursuit of Silence
In this thought-provoking piece, George Prochnick, author of "In Pursuit
of Silence", calls on us to examine our relationship with the sounds,
or their absence, around us. Drawing on the wisdom of Herman Melville,
Henry David Thoreau, and others, Prochnick proposes that by shutting
ourselves off to the noise of our surroundings, we shut ourselves off to
the world, effectively losing our place within it. "At some point the
inability to 'hear oneself think,'" he argues, "becomes the inability to
think at all." Read on to learn more about how we can achieve a greater
balance between the variety of naturally-sourced and man-made sounds we
encounter and the interludes of stillness and silence that beckon our
attention.
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