Silence Gives Words Their Meaning

"In silence language holds its breath and fills its lungs with pure and original air. In the ancient languages every word was rimmed around with silence. It was this surrounding rim of silence that gave it its individual shape, and kept it separate and distinct from other words, its individuality guarded by the silence."

Max Picard
"The World of Silence"

Photo: Pinyon Pine skeleton and a snowy desert, Canyonlands National Park, UT, December 30, 2015
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