Seeing Quiet
January 13, 2013 
I can hear the 'quiet'. I can feel the 'quiet'. I can sometimes taste the 'quiet'. And - on a morning like this - I can even see it.
How is it possible to see the 'quiet'?
I don't know...but that I know that it is. That I did.
The endless chatter....ceases. The voices in my head...hush. Life's noise blends into a palette of of simple whites and palest of greys. A compilation of a full array of color and - yet - an absence of any.
There are no ups or downs or backwards or forwards. There are no roads to follow..or lines to color within. There is only ground as one foot steps in front lf another. In 'quiet'.
Empty or full? No one thing...or all things combined? Endless possibility. Bottomless and expansive. All and one..and one and all. It's all the same.
I could disappear into the 'quiet'. Into the questions. Into the not knowing.
I know you can hear it. Can you see it too?
Reader Comments (32)
I can and do when I am out in a forest or a deserted location or in the dead of night.
I do like to see the quiet. The eyes go in...and disappear.
I can wrap myself in it! wonderful scene!
Lovely, foggy image. Those drooping branches and their reflection in the softly colored water are just right to set the mood for seeing the silence. (I suppose you will be dismayed to know I'm listening to Country Western music as I view this calm and serene image.)
So peacefully beautiful. The fog was amazing this weekend!
Lovely minimalist composition. I like the barely percepable reflection.
Oh yes, Marcie. I can even see the Quiet's reflection!
I hear and see it here in that endless palest blue....beautiful......
This is so mysterious and so very lovely, I love to check out your photography and words, always so calming, thanks!
Lovely.
Breathtaking.
Quiet is something I crave often...I see in sometimes walking alone in the early mornings...too rarely though :-)
I can see the quiet because you captured the feeling through your lens.
Oh, yes - I can definitely "see" the quiet. I would like to float there, with my mind turned off and just relax into that pale blue-green gray. Thank you for bringing me that moment of quiet today.
love the fog
mhm, i can definitely see it ... and it is so peaceful and beautiful ... thank you.
xxo
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I can surely see it here, Marcie, and it is breathtakingly beautiful.
Perfect for a Monday.
xo.
Love your descriptions of the ‘quit’ and today’s magical image. Thank you!
Nice job in adding just a hint of that reflection but otherwise letting everything fade to white. Great image!
Just dreamy and delicious!
What a beautifully peaceful image!
Une image particulièrement romantique et bien réussie.
I can see it, Marcie! I can feel it! What a beautiful, beautiful image!
I can't even say how beautiful this picture is! So, so gorgeous!
Love the quiet mood in this photo Marcie!!
Complete tranquility--breathtaking!
you're right, one can definitely 'see' quiet here. :) nice catch!
such soft loveliness... I admire the way the verbal part of your brain works!
where is this bit of heaven? I'd love to have a print of this?
stunning image, marcie
This image reminds me of Chinese painting. I like the framing with the tree way off to one side.
I envy you for this image . Today I was working on very similar image and was thinking about your subtle style while processing !
And imagine, 5 minutes later I got your comments on my images. I cannot wait for you to see my image . You will recognize it for sure ;)
Again, I wish to know to work with nature images like you do ;)
Regards, Mariana