How A Deaf Composer Can Help You Improve Your Creative Work
Your originality matters more than society’s soundtrack
Libraries used to be silent. I know because back in high school and during my university days, I loved the monastic ambiance of the library.
Nowadays, libraries aren’t so quiet. The one I used to visit in California hosted open room meetings. Kids were laughing and horsing around after school. People didn’t whisper, and the librarians abandoned the “Shush!”
I eventually turned to my vehicle as a reading and writing sanctuary. I used to leave the office on my lunch breaks, and drive somewhere quiet. Usually a serene backroad, amongst the solitude of trees and grass.
Inside my car, I was able to control the climate, and there was no one to interrupt me. I spent many a lunch hour reading, thinking, drawing, and writing in my car.
There’s just something about silence that allows us to tap into our creativity and original thinking. There’s a kind of magic to be found when we cloak ourselves in stillness.
“I imagine what it must be like to stay…
