Silence is a flower, it opens up, dilates, extends /
its texture, can grow, mutate, return on its steps. /
It can watch other flowers grow and become what /
they are. [. . .]
~ Etel Adnan
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Quoted from Etel Adnan, Shifting the Silence (Nightboat Books, 2020), page 68
Etel Adnan (1925-2021), Lebanese-American Poet, Essayist, Novelist, Translator, Internationally Exhibited Visual Artist, Playwright
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