I recently read this article, Science Says Silence is Much More Important to Our Brains Than We Think. Apparently, silence can restore brain cells?
Now, I have to admit, I don’t spend much time worrying whether I’m decreasing or increasing my personal inventory of brain cells, but if losing them is bad—and goodness knows there seem to be a lot of fun ways to do that—repairing, restoring, or increasing them should be good, right?
The basic message here is that silence can be beneficial. And, we have a lot of silence here on the homestead! I talk about this often, including In The Quiet of the Morning and Listening to Silence.
As always, I want to differentiate between silence and absence of noise.
An example of stillness, if not silence: snow drooping on the cherry tree. Stay with me on this, it gives me an excuse to publish these photos! (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).
