VERBS - TO SILENCE
Words
carry
their
own
meaning,
but
beyond
their
sound
they
leave
behind
an
aura
that
shapes the silence that follows the act of their own utterance.
For
some
poets
such
as
Mallarmé,
the
meaning
of
the
poem
lies
in
the
silence
that
comes
after
it
and
not
in
the
poem
itself.
Silence
has
its
own
meaning.
It
reveals
either
the
inner
recognition
of
an
experience
that
is
ineffable,
that
cannot
be
told,
or
the
attainment
of
a
state
of
mind,
of
tranquillity
and
a
degree
of
well
being
that
is
like
a
mature
state
of
innocence.
The
bare
forms
and
simplification
of
design,
that
characterise
the
five
paintings
under
the
heading
of
To
Silence,
convey
through
the
central
image
of
the
star
and
the
patterns
of
the
circle,
reduced
to
their
essentials,
the
effect
produced
by
speech.
This
beauty
of
simplification
leads
to
the
idea
of
playing.
It
explains
incidentally
the
success
the
painter
has
had in the schools teaching The Variations of the Quadrangle - since 1999.
