Is there any gain in debating the varying quality of silence?

"Silence is not an absence, necessarily. It can also be a fertile void. Silence can be listened to. And as there are no hills without valleys, so the high level noise we call music needs the low level noise we call silence to achieve it's full effect."

-Oliver Schroer

Personally, i have to get out of urban areas to find the kind of silence which is rich enough to be satisfying. Silence is not a normal state of mind for a city or for those who are addicted to the convenience and comfort of a city.

Nature taking over

"Living constantly inside an environment of our own invention we are essentially living inside our own minds"