Hello Darkness, My Old Friend…
Being the voice of silence is not easy. You cannot fight against darkness and silence alone; because they are a huge void. But Simon & Garfunkel were perhaps among the first to voice the sound of silence especially with the song “The Sound of Silence”... Even at the beginning of the song, a darkness attracted us by saying “Hello, darkness, my old friend. I’ve come to talk with you again”. In fact, they whispered in our ears, emphasizing that darkness is also a reaction and that it must have a voice.
When we look back at our inner world, we reproach "how much you have accumulated, friend". We settle accounts with ourselves, just like the never-ending trials of never-ending lawsuits.
What we can't talk about, what we want to do but can't always follow us. Sometimes this silence is actually caused by our fear of being alone. We do this because we have to keep up with the current order. We usually end up being wrong although we are right. However, being different is also a form of expression. Imagine that we all express ourselves with the same idea, the same attitude, the same words… How annoying, how monotonous and how simple… However, what makes us who we are is that we are different in society that brings the individual to the fore.
There is always rebellion in human nature. Man constantly fights both against the system and against what is imposed on him. Most of the time no one thinks to shout it out as “The king is naked!” However, the king is standing naked before us. Differentiating what is different does not make you different from it. In order to be different, it is necessary to look at all events from different perspectives.
Although anarchism is perceived as chaos and deconstruction, it is necessary to be an anarchist. If you can't be an anarchist to change yourself, then why to scream? If we cannot take anarchic attitudes towards ourselves while making self-criticism, then we do not have the right to judge and marginalize others.
Be different. Make the difference. To notice the difference, do not see the different one in a different way. Accept it as it is. Look, then everything will be different.
Come on, let's listen to the sound of silence now with "Sound of Silence"...
“And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
“Fools,” said I, “You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
Are written on the subway walls
And whispered in the sounds of silence…”