Shhhhhhhhh...
Last week was a busy week, and the weekend proved no less hectic. Today has been the first day where I can sit back and breathe easy, knowing I have no more looming worries or pressing deadlines. It's also letting me realise how much I appreciate silence. This isn't as much quiet, like a library would be, as it is the overall sense of serenity. When everything in life around you just seems to slow down to a point where noise becomes silence, it's surprisingly relaxing. One could almost liken it to a Zen moment, but I think that's almost trivializing a remark, since most people have only a vague concept of what Zen is.
The world's always in motion, yes, but the Norht American societies as a whole have been spinning faster and faster with each passing year. Motorists are far exceeding the speed limit, and getting annoyed at someone who's actually obeying the speed laws. There's always a cacophany of noise on street corners with pedestrians, vendors, street performs, cars, and large billboard ads. Even in most houses, there's someone watching television or listening to music or playing video games at almost any given moment.
There's always noise.
I'm beginning to think that silence is fast becoming akin to an endangered species. At least it's running the risk of becoming one in my current situation. Sadly I can't change it yet, not without proper means and finances, but once the opportunity arises, I do hope to have at least a few hours a day where everything around me is as silent as possible. Not an awkward silence, or a strained, obligatory silence akin to library atmospheres, but a serene quiet where everything is still and peaceful.
I think if more people took the time in their lives to have moments like these, we'd all be less tense and less prone to snapping at each other. It's a bit of a pipe dream--a chasing after a chimera, if you will--but it's a thought.
In other news, I apparently bear a resemblance to
Frankie Muniz (
Malcom in the Middle, Agent Cody Banks). Or else maybe his older brother. Or maybe one of his stand-ins. Something along those lines, I suppose. This may be as close a brush as I get with stardom; I wonder if I should be more overjoyed and egotistical about it?
Naaaaaaaah.
posted by Phillip at 9:42 AM
