tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post3165392863484291938..comments2024-03-28T05:56:52.754-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: The Sound of SilenceThe Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-86527011963087988572012-08-20T11:44:16.829-07:002012-08-20T11:44:16.829-07:00Love that song,too.
More importantly, I, too, mis...Love that song,too.<br /><br />More importantly, I, too, miss the sound of silence. I wonder if there is anywhere in the world where you can still find silence for any extended period of time.<br /><br />Even far back in America's wilderness you're constantly bombarded by the sound of jets flying over, or, worse yet, backpackers who bring their music with them.Lorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152302644577926337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-24541115002705299742012-08-18T11:56:40.139-07:002012-08-18T11:56:40.139-07:00I love that song too. Silence is much more difficu...I love that song too. Silence is much more difficult to find than it used to be, Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-2086683686845257732012-08-17T23:33:21.420-07:002012-08-17T23:33:21.420-07:00I remember hearing Thomas talking on the radio abo...I remember hearing Thomas talking on the radio about God's grace - I love his poems. We hear planes in the distance now, and the railway under certain weather conditions, but most of the summer our visitors comment on the deafening levels of birdsong! Which I hardly notice any more ...<br /><br />Pomona xPomonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18399181139470676975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-31868160999112776822012-08-17T17:03:23.181-07:002012-08-17T17:03:23.181-07:00well written; quieted my soul
Aloha from Honol...well written; quieted my soul<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Aloha from Honolulu<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /> =^..^= <br /> > < } } ( ° >Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-80754919344020807102012-08-17T14:49:53.285-07:002012-08-17T14:49:53.285-07:00'The Sound of Silence' brings back memorie...'The Sound of Silence' brings back memories of unrequited love for me, Weave - or at least my first aborted attempt at stalking in 1968. The church is nice though.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-22864069088676330342012-08-17T12:54:38.313-07:002012-08-17T12:54:38.313-07:00Some songs do bring back so many memories.
When ev...Some songs do bring back so many memories.<br />When ever I travel I always visit churches. You never know what you will find from very simple to ornate. And usually quiet, except for the busy popular big ones.<br />How is the Hedgehog doing ?<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-41133687061956805372012-08-17T10:14:33.476-07:002012-08-17T10:14:33.476-07:00We have low-flying jets too, and regularly have he...We have low-flying jets too, and regularly have helicopters going over, and also the big Hercules aircraft flying very low and practising drops in our valley.<br /><br />There is little road traffic to cause noise, but at the moment Next Door has a big noisy digger making yet more cow highways across his farm. We have the dairy herd making a lot of noise if the wrong person is bringing in (this particular person hassles them and constantly beeps the horn of the Landrover) and at times we have the constant complaint of cows separated from their calves soon after calving (just the other side of our hedge in fact). <br /><br />From our bedroom I can hear the beautiful watery noises of our stream, and there are always birds.<br /><br />You can't beat a good church for quiet and solitude though.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-9916100892983733612012-08-17T09:04:50.468-07:002012-08-17T09:04:50.468-07:00You are not a boring old anything Pat! There is so...You are not a boring old anything Pat! There is something fascinating about churches of great age. I was in the one at St. Briavels in the Forest of Dean yesterday which has it's origins in the 12th Century. It smelt musty and a bit damp and hadn't been modernised apart from a small kitchen area tucked away in the corner of a side chapel. There were some very old tombstones in the churchyard and inside was the beautiful peace and quiet you mentioned. Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-77875364366219608522012-08-17T08:33:58.387-07:002012-08-17T08:33:58.387-07:00I sat up on our hill this morning, in the sun, try...I sat up on our hill this morning, in the sun, trying hard to listen to the sound of birds and the wind, but tourist traffic and the planes going in and out of Bournemouth airport made it almost impossible. Thank goodness our brains are able to filter out a lot of background noise.<br />Dartford Warblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352965211143836326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-37044671270435497932012-08-17T07:49:04.273-07:002012-08-17T07:49:04.273-07:00Lovely post, Pat — and you could never be boring, ...Lovely post, Pat — and you could never be boring, rest assured! Really liked your RS Thomas anecdote.<br /><br />Ah, Simon and Garfunkel, wonderful songs...<br /><br />... and that John Cage quote is great, Dominic!The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-79247250130242750072012-08-17T07:31:10.192-07:002012-08-17T07:31:10.192-07:00Even in an anechoic chamber you can hear the sound...Even in an anechoic chamber you can hear the sounds your body makes - high pitched sounds and the rush of your blood.<br /><br />John Cage wrote 4'33" precisely because he wanted people to listen to the sound we call silence. (And that piece, I must admit, is more my cup of tea than S&G). As Cage said:<br /><br />"There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot."<br /><br />Trawling for John Cage quotes I found this, too, which is off the point but rather good, I think:<br /><br />"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."<br /><br />Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-39127874069893252382012-08-17T07:30:03.785-07:002012-08-17T07:30:03.785-07:00Though, I am not particularly religious, I always ...Though, I am not particularly religious, I always visit churches when I am traveling and just sit a while. The UK offers lots of opportunities for those special moments.<br /><br />The older I get the more I enjoy silence. Hard to find these days. I especially dislike stores that blast music at me while I try to shop.it's mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701940616523413217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-19632799105127556712012-08-17T07:13:12.813-07:002012-08-17T07:13:12.813-07:00Love that song too-brings back lots of good memori...Love that song too-brings back lots of good memories!Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10314254638454546970noreply@blogger.com