THE SOUND OF SILENCE IN OUR ALWAYS-ON DIGITAL ERA

From the Norwegian explorer, a stunning meditation on the power of silence and how to shut out the world.

Extract from Silence in the Age of Noise by Erling Kagge (The Guardian, Sept. 2017).

On Silence in the Age of Noise by Erling Kagge (Gnorb blog, trying to live a life less ignorant).

Of Kagge and Cage: On Silence (Gnorb blog, trying to live a life less ignorant).

The Guardian: Tracy Chevalier on the power of silence. When Tracy Chevalier encountered communal silence at a Quaker meeting, she knew she had to build it into a novel.

The sound of silence: is cutting out noise the answer to a stress-free life? (The Guardian).

If you’d like to hear the interview to this amazing explorer, just click on Radio 3 a la carta (RNE podcasts) and listen to the programme “Hoy empieza todo (Marta Echevarría)” on Friday 9^th November 2018. The interview is both in English and Spanish, (honing mediation skills).

The Priory Podcast - Episode 27 featuring Erling Kagge

Simon & Garfunkel performing The Sound of Silence (1982). Lyrics

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