Sometimes I feel that there is a place beyond silence, a place where, having turned so far inward, you have turned inside out. A place where sound is negative. To make an utterance from there one would first need to exceed the deficit. I guess the Kant quote points to that. The Rilke quote too. To make ever more deeply unworded things sayable.
It's also like Goethe's idea that darkness is more than the absence of light, that darkness is active and has intensity. How did he say it? Colours are the deeds and sufferings of light. I need to think about it more! Enjoyed your article very much.
What a dense and profound response, @mjhomb. Yes, I think Silence is the beginning of infinity or a taste we’re afforded here of eternal things... I love this phrasing: ‘to make ever more deeply unworded things sayable.’
Wow, what did Goethe not know? His boundless curiosity & eloquence are truly humbling. Will be musing on this wise aphorism, too... “the deeds and sufferings of light”.
Thank you, for sharing your rich reflections with me; I dare say you’ll enjoy part II of this essay :)