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Thread: Silence: word association
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Ariel
Shipmate
# 58
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No - this isn't the Circus game; this is an invitation to you to post any four words that you personally associate with silence. It's fine if you want to repeat any of other people's words. This is a bit of an experiment to see how people perceive silence, good, bad, or just plain descriptive. Any noun or adjective you like (no obscenities please).
If you find four words limiting, stick in a few more. Four is just a suggested guideline; it's what works for you. If you want to post a second lot of words later, please do. If anyone wants to ask anyone else questions about the words they've chosen, that's absolutely fine, happy to discuss them on this thread.
I'll post four words to start off:
stillness
death
listening
space
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Hmmmm, I'm not sure my brain is awake enough yet but:
Peace
Serenity
Calm
Argument [in the sense of I'm-not-speaking-yo-you!]
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Fineline
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solitude
simplicity
depth
stillness
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Sarasa
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calm
presence
gathering
equality
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Sipech
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peace
emptiness
calm
thrum
They might seem contrary to one another and to some extent they are. But maybe they are more complementary. The thrum might be distinctly out of place, but I hark back to time spent at my grandmother's in rural Wales, miles away from anywhere else. It was the quietest place I knew and yet in that silence you could stil pick up the faintest sound, quite possibly the blood in my ears.
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Miffy
Ship's elephant
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Spaciousness
Receptivity
Openness
Focus
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Growing Greenpatches
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kingsfold
Shipmate
# 1726
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Hmmm....
Refreshment
Encounter
Peace
Gratitude
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I came to Jesus and I found in him my star, my sun.
And in that light of life I'll walk 'til travelling days are done
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no prophet's flag is set so...
Proceed to see sea
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blank
clean
pure
new
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Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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Peace
Openness
Relaxation
Restoration
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"Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple."
— Woody Guthrie
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Lamb Chopped
Ship's kebab
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still
day
dog
afternoon light
The explanation for the last three lies in the fact that the only time I get silence is when I'm home during the day, the rest of the family is out, and the dog is snoozing.
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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peace
quiet
still
alone
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Hail Gallaxhar
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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breath
space
trees
snowy nights
The first three I suspect do not need explanation. The third is simply that is one of the few times you cannot hear traffic from my flat.
Jengie
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churchgeek
Have candles, will pray
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suffocating
distracting
lonely
isolation
It's true, I have a hard time with silence. I've gotten a little better after having done meditation in group therapy. But it does help if I have some kind of sound or noise. Although it's been decades since I lived in the country, so I'm a little better with quiet (i.e., it doesn't feel so isolating).
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kingsfold
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Thanks for these churchgeek.
You say you have a hard time with silence. As one who seems to be naturally comfortable with silence and finds it liberating, I am very aware that I struggle to see why it is difficult for others.
Your words help me to understand a little, and hopefully empathise a little better.
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I came to Jesus and I found in him my star, my sun.
And in that light of life I'll walk 'til travelling days are done
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Miffy
Ship's elephant
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Some more words:
dawning
realisation
freshness of mind
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"I don't feel like smiling." "You're English dear; fake it!" (Colin Firth "Easy Virtue")
Growing Greenpatches
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