The Act of Silence

silence in art :

silence in music: the pause
Mozart: The greatest music is no music.
Mozart used the grand pause to great effect.

Varese,

Sibelius
“The gestation of the [8th] symphony may have been long and troubled, but Sibelius had, at various times, referred to his manuscript as ‘brilliant,’ ‘a great work in the making,’ a piece that would have been ‘the reckoning of [his] whole existence.’ For so long, he had had but one desire: to finish the piece before drifting off ‘to the final silence.’ Why, then, did Sibelius destroy such a highly anticipated and promising work? This remains one of the most perplexing questions in all of music history.” --from www.artsjournal.com/2016/03

silence in writing:
There are three types of silence, a writer's block, a recalcitrant protest against writing and finally perhaps a nihilist absurdity of writing into the deluge of online scribbles: the "Age of the Fueilleton" has dawned - the blogosphere is here.

silence in philosophy:
Speech is silver, but silence is golden
Socrates, Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein all have made contributions to this topic.

silence in the mind: meditation, breathe.

silence of the end:
Since this piece is made in silence, it will fade into itself. An interesting