The Silence Beyond Las Vegas: A Journey from Noise to Revelation
Cain couldn’t face his own beasts after killing his brother, so he went out and built the first city.
This belated post is about silence. Not the silence we think we know but silence as it is revealed to us. There is no silence in the city. It is hardly perceivable in the country as well. We may think it’s silence when we hear no noise from cars, planes, A/C, TV, or PCs for a moment or two. It’s not.
It isn’t silence. It’s a little less noise. Real silen…
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