On silence

That most precious of qualities to cultivate and possess.

Silence is itself the stuff of substance; the moments it fills are not the inbetweenery of life but life itself – rich and nuanced and irrepressibly, if quietly, alive.

~ Deborah Underwood

Reminds me of what I read about the rests in music. Rests are not the inbetweenery of the notes of the piece - it creates the melody - it makes the makes the music come alive.

Don Rath Jr. says: Rests allow us the ability to add depth and additional emotions to music through the use of silence.