the gaps

“The problem is no longer getting people to express themselves but providing little gaps of solitude and silence in which they might eventually find something to say. … What a relief to have nothing to say, the right to say nothing, because only then is there a chance of framing … the thing that might be worth saying.” - Gilles Deleuze​​

What is music without the moments of pause between the notes?

What is a conversation without the pause between listening and speaking? 

The understanding, the hearing, the framing come with the pause.  With silence.  It’s in the quiet, in the gaps, where our thoughts are framed and something worth saying is said.