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The language of silence

The language of silence

an invitation to silence

Andō
May 25, 2022
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This is how it always is when I finish a poem.

A great silence overcomes me and I wonder why I ever thought to use language.

— Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī.

As I often say: “silence, the only language I …

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