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Gordon Hempton — Silence and the Presence of Everything

Gordon Hempton — Silence and the Presence of Everything

Silence is an endangered species, says Gordon Hem…

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December 22, 201651m 21s

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Silence is an endangered species, says Gordon Hempton. He defines real quiet as presence — not an absence of sound, but an absence of noise. The Earth, as he knows it, is a "solar-powered jukebox." Quiet is a "think tank of the soul." We take in the world through his ears.