Notes on silence, white noise and spartan communication. By Luis Mercado.Tumblr (3.0; @praiseofsilence)http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9dt19diF11qjq2h5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Always.</p>http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/30267749142http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/30267749142Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:29:33 -0700silencesilent livingbullshitasceticismspartanismminimalismminimal communicationin praise of silence<p>Consider the function of in-between silences, those parts that principally exist to give coherence to the whole, but often peel back to reveal tiny moments of beauty.</p>http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/29076221623http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/29076221623Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:21:28 -0700silencesilence as artin praise of silenceminimalminimalismminimal communicationasceticismspartanspartanism<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7xogaWISy1qjq2h5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Want to share a new tumblr project.</p> <p>Titled Gracefulness, this new project is about successful, stylish and amazing people with tattoos. I start this project because I live in a very conservative towns where the habitants still consider tattooed people as thugs, lowlifes and inmates.</p> <p>Hope you like it.</p>http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/28287257155http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/28287257155Sun, 29 Jul 2012 14:24:40 -0700tattoostattoogracefulelegantgracefulnessin praise of silencesilence<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7hq15r4Iw1qjq2h5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I always carry my headphones, or at least as often as I can. I know that at first this sounds like a contradiction to the purpose of this site, however, as one of my best friends said when we where discussing this project: <em>“There’s never true silence, at least not in inhabited places” </em>. </p> <p>Comfortable and good sounding headphones are like portable spaces of peace. Shielding you from noise.</p>http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/27718385069http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/27718385069Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:21:23 -0700musicsilenceminimalminimalismminimal communicationhead phonesportableshieldnoisenoise pollutionin praise of silence“Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.”<br/><br/> - <em>Pythagoras (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mnmal.org/" target="_blank">mnmal</a>)</em>http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/27594367386http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/27594367386Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:22:35 -0700silencePythagorasTalkingin praise of silenceminimalminimalismminimal communication<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6syrrCuKN1qhh25ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/27308524061http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/27308524061Sun, 15 Jul 2012 20:57:51 -0700silencemouthminimalminimalismminimal communicationin praise of silence<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6uu2n1tQ41qzleu4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This space screams of peace.</p>http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/26885264059http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/26885264059Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:43:24 -0700minimalbasic spacespartanspartanismsilencesilence as artin praise of silence<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6n2s8GFBr1r0hlb6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/26749329406http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/26749329406Sat, 07 Jul 2012 23:29:22 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m614vxYRwX1qjq2h5o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m614vxYRwX1qjq2h5o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m614vxYRwX1qjq2h5o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Nakagin Capsule Tower (1972) by Kisho Kurokawa. Seems like a very pleasant isolated space, with just the necessary while still being elegant.</p> <p>More info here: <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/110745/ad-classics-nakagin-capsule-tower-kisho-kurokawa/" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.archdaily.com/110745/ad-classics-nakagin-capsule-tower-kisho-kurokawa/" target="_blank">http://www.archdaily.com/110745/ad-classics-nakagin-capsule-tower-kisho-kurokawa/</a></a></p>http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/25742870113http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/25742870113Sat, 23 Jun 2012 15:57:34 -0700Nakagin Capsule TowerNakaginArchitecturesilenceminimalminimalismasceticismspartanspartanismin praise of silence<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m60e3fYTwM1qjq2h5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>To live by the sea (In a private beach, no tourists), that would be a perfect place to live.</p>http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/25670574828http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/25670574828Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:24:40 -0700silencebeachseaisolationwaterminimalminimalismasceticismspartanspartanismin praise of silence<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5_1-zwBsvjw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Life is already full of unavoidable noise. The traffic outside your house, your neighbors, your co-workers, your house appliances. However many choose to turn up the volume of their radios or set the tv in the background without even watching it, this is just additional distractions layering over an already-stressful life. We can’t cancel the external noise (unless we get a Soundproof Residence like the one by Gossens Bachman <a href="http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/25391393067/soundproof-residence-by-gossens-bachman-a" target="_blank"><a href="http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/25391393067/soundproof-residence-by-gossens-bachman-a" target="_blank">http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/25391393067/soundproof-residence-by-gossens-bachman-a</a></a>) but we can create an atmosphere of stillness in our spaces. For that I always listed to Brian Eno or Bohren & der Club of Gore. Excellent choices for turning down life’s volume.</p>http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/25528882356http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/25528882356Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:28:05 -0700silencesilent livingstillnessbrian enoBohren &amp; der Club of Gorein praise of silencenoiseminimalminimalismspartanismasceticismisolation<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5s5hw2QfV1qjq2h5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Soundproof residence by Gossens Bachman.</p> <p>A private house project where the structure was built with outside noise cancellation in mind.</p> <p>More via GBA: <a href="http://gbarchitecture.com/projects/private/32/" target="_blank"><a href="http://gbarchitecture.com/projects/private/32/" target="_blank">http://gbarchitecture.com/projects/private/32/</a></a></p>http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/25391393067http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/25391393067Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:30:29 -0700Gossens BachmanSoundproof residenceSoundproofsilenceminimalminimalismminimal communicationisolationintrospectionintimacyin praise of silence<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5s1n2tQ1f1qjq2h5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Desert House</em> by Circle West.</p> <p>A house project in the middle of the desert. Away from any noise pollution.</p> <p>Perfect.</p>http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/25316958012http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/25316958012Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:24:04 -0700introspectionintimacyawaydesertisolationsilencenoisenoise pollutiondesert housecircle westminimalminimalismminimal communicationspartanspartanismasceticismin praise of silence<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m57pegoMiN1qjq2h5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Recommended reading: “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Zero-Decibels-Quest-Absolute-Silence/dp/1416599592/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top" title="Zero Decibels" target="_blank">Zero Decibels: The quest for absolute silence</a>” by George Michelsen Foy.</p> <p><em><span>“I don’t know at what point noise became intolerable for me,” George Michelsen Foy writes as he recalls standing on a subway platform in Manhattan, hands clamped firmly over his ears, face contorted in pain. But only then does Foy realize how overwhelmed he is by the city’s noise and vow to seek out absolute silence, if such an absence of sound can be discovered</span></em></p>http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/24701937109http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/24701937109Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:23:56 -0700George Michelsen FoyZero decibelssilencenoiseminimalminimalismminimal communicationin praise of silence<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m57o1v6KhF1qjq2h5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Like the Farnsworth House, by Mies van der Rohe, I wish someday to live in a secluded house, surrounded only by silence, in complete intimacy with myself.</p> <p>Why we fear to live like this?</p>http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/24633207647http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/24633207647Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:27:01 -0700silencemies van der rohefarnsworthspartanspartanismminimalminimalismminimal communicationin praise of silenceintimacy“Can you remember the last time you gave yourself the chance to lay still and really think?”http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/24561597784http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/24561597784Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:24:19 -0700silencein praise of silencecommunicationminimalminimalismminimal communicationspartanspartanismasceticism<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4qpwkQig51qjq2h5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Cinema that knows how to apply silence becomes a powerful visual exercise.</p> <p><em>Still from “Drive” by Nicolas Winding Refn</em></p>http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/23952901226http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/23952901226Mon, 28 May 2012 14:25:34 -0700silencecinemamoviesminimalminimalismRyan GoslingDriveNicolas Winding Refnspartanspartanismasceticismin praise of silence“I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.”<br/><br/> - <em>Cato the Elder</em>http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/23886573307http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/23886573307Sun, 27 May 2012 14:25:51 -0700restrainsilencetongueminimalminimalismspartanspartanismasceticismin praise of silence“All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait for attention and then your quiet words will be charged with dynamite.”http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/23819623181http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/23819623181Sat, 26 May 2012 14:28:51 -0700silencenoisepeaceminimalminimalismspartanasceticismin praise of silence“My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.”<br/><br/> - <em>Edith Sitwell</em>http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/23753417176http://praiseofsilence.tumblr.com/post/23753417176Fri, 25 May 2012 14:29:35 -0700silencenoisespartanspartanismminimalminimalismasceticismin praise of silence