……………..awkward silences are (normally) invisible on the written page, but they still exist (an idealist would retort – who too would disappear but for the merciful hand of the author), they exist in the breaths taken while the keyboard falls silent. By that definition, they are the most invisible function of writing. The anti-thesis to writing. A black hole? It can only ever be written around. Ungainly metaphors stand as hollow pointers, aligning themselves with broken grass and melted snow, showing that something could have been there. But there isn’t anything there, is there? So what are you even talking about?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
……………..awkward silences are (normally) invisible on the written page, but they still exist (an idealist would retort – who too would disappear but for the merciful hand of the author), they exist in the breaths taken while the keyboard falls silent. By that definition, they are the most invisible function of writing. 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