Natural History of Silence Portents by Robin Wall Kimmerer *

by Robin Wall Kimmerer * Poem

Die Lehre des Zen selbst widersetzt sich jeder Aussage über ihren tiefsten Inhalt

Dort trifft sie unversehens auf ein Königspaar – in Zwergengröße

die ihr Dasein bestimmen

The perimeter around the occupied Gaza Strip is formed by a sophisticated system of fences

Natural History of Silence Portents by Robin Wall Kimmerer *In our busy, noisy world, we may find ourselves longing for silence. But what is silence exactly? Is it the total absence of sound? Or is it the absence of the sound created by humans the kind of deep stillness you might experience in a remote mountain landscape covered in snow, far away from the bustle of human life? When we listen closely, silence reveals a neglected reality. Neither empty nor singular, silence is instead plentiful and multiple. In