life is about silence, and it is about sound, more specifically, music. good music can get under your skin, and take you into a realm of a sort of silence where you are trying to capture the essence of what the music makes you feel. stillness, i think, not silence. but the two sort of go together. books too, books can make or break a person. also, the deal is, to melt away the bad habits people come to associate with you, especially those close to you, who are so familiar with you they cannot fathom another way of seeing you.

talk to as many people as you can. there is much knowing to do. about yourself, that is.