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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