Post #14 – Women’s Memoirs, Writing and Healing – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler
Memoir Writers and Journalers Can Find Healing through the Secrets of Silence
“Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods–”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Silence is a rare and elusive quality, especially in our age where the mundane and unremarkable become instant headlines, shouted over cell phones or tweeted over Blackberrys or iPhones.
“I’M ON THE TRAIN.”
“THE BUS IS LATE!”
As a society we’ve become phobic about silence. We don’t even wait on the telephone in silence, although recently I was offered that option (“push one for silence”) for which I was grateful. Most of the time we are compelled to hear music or, if we’re holding for a doctor’s office, reminders about the statistical probability of contracting various illnesses.
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