Types of silence

There are seventy three types of silence; anything that may be added to this list is merely a variation on, or a sub category of, one or other item. Thus the silence of mellowing apples in bare kitchens belongs to the general category of ripening fruit; and the silence of the rhombus is very much akin to that of the trapezium. On the other hand, the silence of stone circles is not the same as that of graveyards: the former is ordered and harmonious, while the latter is chaotic and discordant. Nor can the noble silence of dust on ancient tomes be classified with the gaudy silence of pollen that has fallen on a table from a vase of flowers. The science of silence is still developing, and the nature of silence itself is constantly changing. Some types of silence, indeed, are in danger of extinction. At some stage in the future a complete overhaul of the categories may well be necessary.

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