I have become aware of absolute silence. Just like absolute zero is not the zero that everyone is familiar with. Absolute silence is far from the silence everyone is familiar with. In absolute silence there is a slight breeze blowing native deciduous leaves from their dampened branches. In absolute silence there is the occasional thundering sound of the most delicate of bird calls, that will be witnessed whether I am here or not. Absolute silence is the raindrop that falls to the earth after laying suspended for days on the comfort of a leaf. Absolute silence is night-time rain and its confident powers of environmental replenishment. These are the sounds that come out of absolute silence. Silence is the background, the backdrop, silence is the canvas necessary to all works of art. Nature is the painter, silence is its muse and the things that come from silence are nature's brushstrokes. -- #silence #silentmusings #wettropics #drawing #outdoordesk #art #theartofsilence (at Wet Tropics World Heritage Area)