Thinking about Silence to find Creativity
Some people have their best ideas in the shower… Me? Mine come whilst I’m out walking.
Open your mind and let the pictures out.
W S Burroughs
I love walking - exploring new places and checking in with the old, well known routes regularly. I walk for all sorts of reasons - I love being outdoors, I walk my dog, I explore, I hope it keeps me fit. Interestingly I find it quietens me inside too - both my mind and body.
Quite recently, whilst I’ve been wandering and exploring the silence has struck me on a couple of occasions. In our visually, busy, stressful and literally noisy world aren’t we lucky that we can still find areas of silence - even if we live in the city there are parks and spaces where silence can be found - early lunchtimes, later evenings.
In pursuit of silence.
Maybe a combination of looking for both external and internal silence is the idea - purposefully going out to walk and find quieter areas and possible environmental silence is where the internal quiet comes.
Three books that I’ve read over time about Silence and Quiet
Quiet Susan Cain
Silence Sara Maitland
Tich Na Hahn Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise
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