“Silence can be a planrigorously executed the blueprint to a life It is a presenceit has a history a form Do not confuse itwith any kind of absence”—Adrienne Rich Orfield Lab’s anechoic chamber, a three-dimensional sound “sponge,” is the quietest place on Earth. It is designed to keep out all external sound and extinguish all reverberation. When immersed in such silence, we hear our heart, breath and blood and conjure up music and voices that …

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