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The Honest Perspective Weekly Prompt — 5th — 11th May
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Whether the ideas have slowed to a trickle or you’re just feeling curious and in the mood for a little reflection. Our weekly prompt is an invitation to ruminate on an idea and see what arises.
Be it poetry or prose you’d like to submit to us, or a journal entry for your eyes only, take a moment to pause at some point during your week and set your pen free
I’ve been thinking about the quiet. More than that, I’ve been thinking about silence. When we seek it out or avoid it, it’s qualities and how we cultivate it.
I’ve been wondering if silence changes as we age or go through different life phases. Children are SO loud. Heavy footfalls, shouting voices, screaming with joy, anger and just for the fun of it (apparentely).
Teenagers listening to music with a volume that permeates their skulls and fills their entire worlds. I suppose I should be grateful that mine wear headphones and treat their music choices as deeply private and personal.
As we get older, does our relationship to sound change?
Is peace always quiet?
We certainly seem to associate the two things and the sounds of nature are attached to a version of ‘quiet’ in my…
