There is a story in Bring Me the Rhinoceros by John Tarrant that illustrates the effectiveness of silence. As an intoxicated, angry man rages down the aisle of a train car, passengers shrink against the sides of the carriage. One weathered old woman reaches out and clasps the man's hand and he crumples, sobbing into the seat beside her. No words.
My mind goes right to the people-pleasing gutter, Gail, lol, and when I read "say nothing at all," I imagined the singer didn't speak up when she was being mistreated. When I played the video, I realized the song was familiar, and of course, had a whole different meaning. I guess sometimes silence speaker louder than words, and other times vice versa.
There is a story in Bring Me the Rhinoceros by John Tarrant that illustrates the effectiveness of silence. As an intoxicated, angry man rages down the aisle of a train car, passengers shrink against the sides of the carriage. One weathered old woman reaches out and clasps the man's hand and he crumples, sobbing into the seat beside her. No words.
My mind goes right to the people-pleasing gutter, Gail, lol, and when I read "say nothing at all," I imagined the singer didn't speak up when she was being mistreated. When I played the video, I realized the song was familiar, and of course, had a whole different meaning. I guess sometimes silence speaker louder than words, and other times vice versa.
Ahhh! “Everything can be this; everything can be that.” Chang Tzu
In To Bless the Space Between Us, John O’ Donohue shares a verse from Ecclesiastes...To every thing, there is a season...
A good reminder...and the wisdom to know the difference. ❤️
A powerful message. A beautiful song by Alison Krause. Tarrant’s illustration? Perfect.
Watching Alison acknowledge the crowd’s appreciation, I recalled a time when performances concluded with there own “nothing at all.”
Smashing guitars...
Today I appreciate the kind of “nothing” you spoke of.
I ‘spose tomorrow the muses will be going on about the importance of speaking up.😂