Comments on: Flood the hood http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/07/05/flood-the-hood/ "Hitch your wagon to a star." —Ralph Waldo Emerson Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:32:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ben http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/07/05/flood-the-hood/#comment-42416 Ben Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:56:39 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/07/05/flood-the-hood/#comment-42416 Very true! I love white space and quiet moments. And it's an interesting cultural phenomenon that we're afraid of silence -- we feel like we <i>have</i> to fill it in when conversing, and if it goes on for more than a handful of seconds, we start to itch under the collar and search frantically for something -- anything! -- to stuff into the hole. I suspect not all cultures are like that, though. At any rate, let me clarify that this poem isn't 100% autobiographical, and that silence is <i>not</i> what I fear most. :) Very true! I love white space and quiet moments. And it’s an interesting cultural phenomenon that we’re afraid of silence — we feel like we have to fill it in when conversing, and if it goes on for more than a handful of seconds, we start to itch under the collar and search frantically for something — anything! — to stuff into the hole. I suspect not all cultures are like that, though.

At any rate, let me clarify that this poem isn’t 100% autobiographical, and that silence is not what I fear most. :)

]]> By: Bethany http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/07/05/flood-the-hood/#comment-41556 Bethany Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:06:00 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/07/05/flood-the-hood/#comment-41556 I love your willingness to play with words! It is amazingly refreshing. However, I wish to nit-pick a little on the subject of the fourth stanza: silence can be beautiful. I trust that you appreciate the white space between the words both in written language and spoken, and I know you must appreciate "rests" because of your fluency in music, but I still wanted to make the observation. Many times I have spoken to fill the silence only to regret doing so just as soon. Carefully chosen words are sometimes sparse. I love your willingness to play with words! It is amazingly refreshing. However, I wish to nit-pick a little on the subject of the fourth stanza: silence can be beautiful.

I trust that you appreciate the white space between the words both in written language and spoken, and I know you must appreciate “rests” because of your fluency in music, but I still wanted to make the observation.

Many times I have spoken to fill the silence only to regret doing so just as soon. Carefully chosen words are sometimes sparse.

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