Sound plays a major role in our lives. Sound gives us early warnings, enables verbal communication, and affords us the pleasure of music. But what about the absence of sound - silence?What impressions, emotions, or memories do you carry about silence? Did you fear it as a child? Now do you seek it as an opportunity for peace and contemplation?
Or, in the company of others, do you sometimes talk simply to avoid silence? Or conversely does the compulsive talk of others put your nerves on edge?
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President John F Kennedy delivers a major speech for civil rights. A few months later he is assassinated in downtown Dallas. Martin Luther King Jr leads the March on Washington. America becomes fully involved in the Vietnam conflict. Dr Michael DeBakey implants the first artificial human heart. The Supreme Court bans required prayers and Bible readings in public schools. Charade; It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; and The Great Escape premier at the movies.
Are you a reader? If so what genres or authors do you like?
Many of us have fears or phobias - either legitimate or exaggerated.
From shamanism to science, from plants to placebos, we humans look beyond our bodies to cure illness, ease psychic pain, or alter reality. And as we age, we turn more frequently to pharmacies and prescriptions.