What happens when the natural world falls silent?

What is silence?For most people it means peace and quiet. But for me, silence is something very different. It is not the absence of sound, but the absence of life’s voices — the birds, the insects, the wild chorus we call biophony.True silence only exists in an anechoic chamber. What I seek instead is tranquility. A place where the Earth itself speaks.The rain falling through leaves.The wind moving through trees.The ocean breathing against the shore.The ancient voice of the planet.And yet, I have seen people leave wild places because it is “too quiet.” Some of us have forgotten how to listen. Some of us fear tranquility.Sound is not just something we hear. It is something we feel. It is the pulse of the Earth itself.www.thelisteningplanet.com