silence – a hundred quirky legs

Composition Exercise #508

Loudatio.

Howlelujah.

Sighlence.

Subscribe to silence instead.

Talk about silence.
Be quiet about silence.
Talk about sound.
Be quiet about sound.

What is your role at the National Academy of Silence?

A New Kind of Silence

Study computer silence.

Practice walking without making a sound

with any shoes on any surface.

How many silences can you hear right this moment? What are they?

Replace all notes with rests and all rests with notes.

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State your mission

as an artist

in one essay,

then one page,

one paragraph,

one sentence,

a single word,

a fierce ululation,

a profound silence.

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