The Lost Art of Silence | Free Book
Silence is habitually overlooked—after all, throughout our lives, it has to compete with the cacophony of the outside world and our near-constant interior dialogue that judges, analyzes, compares, and questions. But, if we can get past this barrage, there lies a quiet place that’s well worth discovering.
The Lost Art of Silence encourages us to embrace this pursuit and allow the warm light of silence to glow. Invoking the wisdom of many of the greatest writers, thinkers, contemplatives, historians, musicians, and artists, Sarah Anderson reveals the sublime nature of quiet that’s all too often undervalued. Throughout, she shares her own penetrating insights into the potential for silence to transform us. This celebration of silence invites us to widen our perspective and shows its power to inspire the human spirit in spite of the distracting noise of contemporary life.
In The Press
“We live in a noisy world. In The Lost Art of Silence, Sarah
Anderson reminds us what peace there is when we get away from the din
and the clamor going on both in the outside world and inside our
heads. Through a rich compendium of historical and personal examples
we are shown the prizes, and sometimes pitfalls, that silence offers.
A fascinating book to dip into when we want to opt out.”—Vicki Mackenzie, author of Cave in the Snow
“A fascinating
travelogue through the many worlds of silence as expressed by writers,
artists, philosophers, hermits. This compendium of experience and
reflections on silence spans the cosmic to the horrifying, offering a
full spectrum of human engagement with the quest for quiet. Anderson
shares inspiring stories and heroic encounters with the self in
silence, encouraging readers to take up the quest and join the legions
across history who have, in the end, found that ‘silence is not the
absence of something but the presence of everything.’”—Stephanie Kaza, author of Conversations with Trees
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