little gaps of solitude and silence

[...] "we’re riddled with pointless talk, insane quantities of words and images. [...]  the challenge is to search for “little gaps of solitude and silence in which [to] find … the rare, and even rarer thing that might be worth saying”. Gilles Deleuze (Pourparlers / Negotiations)

from an article about Jenny Odell

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