Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the sil…

Thomas Merton
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Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be no rhythm. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.134, Shambhala Publications
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Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be no rhythm. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.134, Shambhala Publications

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