3. Silence
Our \u201csilent\u201d exploration takes us from the word\u2019s Latin origin and Medieval carryover into English in which it rooted and grew in at least two attitudes\u2014the edgy and fuzzy\u2014that appear to wrestle. How do we use silence and how does it use us? Excursions include, among others: The Lollards, penology/shunning, cosmic consciousness, mystical union, the New York City subway system, the Parsis\u2019 Towers of Silence, \u201cThe Science Behind Why Awkward Silence Works,\u201d the Bhagavad Gita and readings of John Ashbery\u2019s \u201cSome Trees\u201d and Wallace Stevens\u2019 \u201cThe Snow Man\u201d (a little tricked out). Warning: This podcast includes swathes of \u201c(silence)\u201d\u2026