What is silence, exactly? In quiet moments, does the brain register silence the same way it hears, say, music? Or does it demarcate silence as the gaps between noises? Psychologists and philosophers ...
This silence is poignantly heard in the face of extremism—both the good and the bad. Good extremism propels ethical advancement. The nonviolent crusade of Martin Luther King Jr. for civil rights, he ...
Do we have a bat signal for Paul Simon? In a new paper, a team of philosophers and psychologists at Johns Hopkins University claims to have finally settled an ancient debate: whether you can actually ...
Silence can be revitalising but it is elusive and it's hard to still the voice in our head. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Susan Philipsz “Study for Strings” (2012) (all photographs by the author for Hyperallergic) The Museum of Modern Art’s first foray into a group exhibition of sound art, Soundings: A Contemporary Score ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Cyril remix of Disturbed's “The Sound Of Silence”—itself a ...