i thought of this picture (appropriately pasted on a t-shirt gift to my brother) today as i stood in line waiting to return my smart, chic, affordable and yet poorly sized garments. it occurred to me that silence is a dying phenomenon. cell phones ringing, purchase-inducing music blaring, billboards chanting those subliminal messages.. you must have me, you must buy me, you must go broke using your all-American credit card.. okay, that's just in my head. still... chatty Kathy running out her dying battery and a gal in front of me frantically texting away to what i'm sure is her five favorite people of the moment. i have never seen fingers move so fast or time move so slow.
it's pretty much a flat-out miracle to find a moment in life anymore where someone cannot reach you. where nothing but the cadence of your own breath is heard. even now as i sit here typing i have the television babbling to my left, vacuum cleaners going in the distance, the neighbors bbq rollin' on and the constant drone of an oscillating fan.
silence definitely is golden and when i find it someday i'll be rich. until then...
i'm going to go buy me some duct tape.
6.01.2008
silence is lost
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Mrs. Rachel... This is one of the best ideas that I have heard in a while. For now on throughout the remainder of school I will keep a roll of duct tape in my book bag.
Being the Assistant Class Leader, I hear a lot of garbage throughout the day. And this will work perfectly.
Miss you guys & love you guys too!
~Shane
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