What Does Silence Sound Like?
Can we see it? #NatPoWriMo
Have you ever heard,
complete silence,
without even the sound of your heart?
Have you ever had a vision,
of sound in your mind,
that could be heard and seen,
with great precision?
If we can see sound,
and we can hear sound too,
can we hear what we see?
Could this be true?
Can we see silence?
What images could represent,
this intense sensing event?
The sounds of the world blend into our subconscious being, they don’t really stop. We sometimes stop noticing them. We feel sound through vibrations. Sometimes we can visualize images of sound. It makes me wonder, what is the potential of our sensing capabilities? How much of this potential do we utilize?
The McGurk Effect explains how our eyes can trick our ears into hearing something different than the sound that was made as we watch someone’s lips. Scientists have translated the structure of a spider’s web into music. There is so much to discover about our senses and sound.
Day 14: Write a poem that incorporates SOUND.
Thank you to The POM publication (and FB group) founder/editor ◦•●Christina M. Ward ●•◦ and partner-in-chief/editor Samantha Lazar for the platform and the Challenge — NatPoWriMo!
