Hey Jill, good to see you here again.
Bill, I feel ours is ‘quiet,’ but not sure Id say ‘silent.’ Still there you are \, away, & with this thing asking these questions. Goo on ya.
Doug
> On Aug 8, 2018, at 7:22 AM, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> All good questions Bill. In the poem and post-poem.
> The sounds of silence. Maybe that could be a poem, or a song (OK, I'll
> see myself out).
> Best,Jill
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> Subject:Re: Silence Plus
>
> Thanks, Sheila, Millicent, Patrick. Is silence neutral, I wonder,
> capable
> of being added to, or is it negative - no noise- possessing a
> subtractable
> or subtracted quality? If neutral, every sound is silence plus it.
> And how
> does silence sound and from whence does it pour? Perhaps we should
> let
> Basho’s haiku have the last word, even with its silent 17th
> syllable:
> The temple bell stops -
> but the sound keeps coming
> Out of the flowers
>
> Billo
>
> On Wed, 8 Aug 2018 at 8:50 pm, Patrick McManus <
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>> cheers Bill thanks a smile -posh upmarket silence!! if I had one I
> would
>> have it play Vivaldi! what other choices
>>
>>
>> On 07/08/2018 23:33, Bill Wootton wrote:
>>> Silence plus
>>> Bosch dishwasher model
>>> in Lyon apartment
>>> That’d be some sort of super silence,
>>> you’d imagine
>>> Not your common quiet
>>>
>>> But if anything is added
>>> to silence
>>> would that be something
>>> about which a manufacturer
>>> ought boast?
>>>
>>> bw
>>>
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Up these stairs & tell me
What you died of,
I think
I’ve got it
Too.
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