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joe crawford is a web developer in san diego,california usa / first,do NO harm

BAM! ... WHAAM! ... SNIKT! ... SILENCE ... a meditation from ARTLUNG ... SOUND SURROUNDS US. SOUND PUNCTUATES. ... IN 1948 JOHN CAGE WAS THINKING OF A NEW MUSICAL PIECE. ... A PIECE IN THREE MOVEMENTS: ... IN PERFORMING IT, NO INTENTIONAL SOUNDS ARE TO BE MADE. IT STILL UPSETS PEOPLE, MANY DECADES LATER. ... IT'S A SCAM! ... THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SILENCE. ... SILENCE DOESN'T EXIST.... SURE. NEITHER DO BATMAN AND WOLVERINE / BUT HERE THEY ARE! ... SILENCE IS AN IDEA. A POWERFUL IDEA. ... IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE. ... SILENCE IS WHAT I WANT WHEN I HAVE A MIGRAINE. OR WHEN I'M STRESSED. OR DESPAIRING. ... IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE. BUT I WANT TO GO TO THERE. ... 0MMMMMMMMMMM ... (empty panel)

Originally appeared in Sundays Quarterly 3 by Burn All Books in October 2019

“SILENCE”

Originally appeared in Sundays Quarterly 3 by Burn All Books in October 2019

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“SILENCE”
a comic by joe crawford
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