I decided I wanted to hear different peoples opinions on what silence meant to them, so I put a quick message on my Instagram story asking if anybody was willing to share their thoughts on what silence meant to them / if anybody had experiences with loss of hearing how that affects their idea of what silence is.
I wasn't really expecting too much from this but the response was overwhelming! I got 35 replies, even from people in Bombay, Pakistan, South Africa, Florence, Belgium, Bordeaux, Canada, Poland, Ibiza, Atlanta, Canada, California and Barcelona!
The responses were incredible, I even cried at a couple, it felt so special that these complete strangers were willing to share in some cases some really personal and harrowing things.
In my naivety I had expected responses along the lines of how I perceive silence (nature / vast landscapes etc), and whilst some were like this, I would say the majority have pretty negative connotations.
There's some really exciting and rich imagery amongst these and I'm eager to record them visually. I think this is where I want to take this project, exploring the visual meanings of the abstract concept of silence to different people.
I typed all my responses out on my typewriter mainly for the aesthetic value but it also gave me a chance to absorb and take in the responses properly, and for some reason I liked the idea of me writing about silence on a bloody loud typewriter.
These are the responses that I got:
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