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Jun 21 2020

Kaneto Shindo: The Naked Island

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Kaneto Shindo, The Naked Island.
Photograph: © Kindai Eiga Kyokai

Silent sea

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Film · Tagged: documentary, japanese, kaneto shindo, moving image, silence, slow cinema, the naked island

Aug 18 2019

Rashid Maxwell: Contagion of Silence

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Rashid Maxwell, Contagion of Silence.
Photograph: © Rashid Maxwell

Standing in stillness

Written by Rashid Maxwell · Categorized: The Visual Arts · Tagged: english, guest post, painting, rashid maxwell, silence

Apr 09 2017

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature

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Isaac Levitan, Birch Grove.
Photograph: [Public Domain] WikiArt

The plantation of God

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature · Tagged: american, essay, isaac levitan, nature, nonfiction, prose, ralph waldo emerson, silence, solitude, transcendentalism

Mar 26 2017

Ajahn Sumedho: The Sound of Silence

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Lakhesis, Lumbini Buddha Garden, Hpa-An, Myanmar.
Photograph: © 2017, Lakhesis / 123RF Stock Photo

The noumenal void

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Wisdom · Tagged: amaravati, buddha, buddhism, cittaviveka, lakhesis, silence, spirituality, the sound of silence

Feb 12 2017

Shūsaku Endō: Silence

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El Greco, The Veil of Saint Veronica.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

Be still and know that I am God

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Film, Literature · Tagged: christianity, el greco, japanese, martin scorsese, movie, prose, shusaku endo, silence, the veil of saint veronica, video

Sep 02 2016

Matsuo Bashō: Deep Silence

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Isaac Levitan, A Quiet Monastery.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

How can silence be explained in words?

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature · Tagged: haiku, isaac levitan, japanese, matsuo bashō, poetry, silence

Oct 29 2015

John Cage: Silence

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Rob Bogaerts, John Cage.
Photograph: Fotocollectie Anefo, Nationaal Archief,
[CC BY-SA 3.0 NL] Wikimedia Commons

How a composer was beguiled by the sound of nothing

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: The Performing Arts · Tagged: 4'33", american, john cage, music, new world symphony, silence, sonatas and interludes

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