Linda-Susan Beard's Visit

"Silence is pregnant, not empty.”

When Linda-Susan Beard came to our class, I didn’t know what to expect. I knew that I had heard her name in class and during my time at Bryn Mawr but that was all I knew of her.

But when she began to speak, I was immediately pulled in. I was worried that I was going to have a hard time paying attention since I had such a long week but I was completely pulled in from the beginning.

What I appreciated the most from her time was when she said “Silence is pregnant, not empty.” I think it stuck with me because that has always been my trouble with silence, it’s lack of emptiness. Coming into this class, my definition of silence was non-existnat to be exact but I felt as if I had some ideas of what I thought it was. It was always something that lacked substance. I didn’t see the purpose of it to be honest. But what LSB was saying began to define some of the meaning and purposes that silence has become for me. Silence is a practice I am looking forward to explore after this course and I hope to keep in mind her idea’s of silence.

"Silence is pregnant, not empty.”

When Linda Susan Beard came to our class, I didn’t know what to expect. I knew that I had heard her name in class and during my time at Bryn Mawr but that was all I knew of her.

But when she began to speak, I was immediately pulled in. I was worried that I was going to have a hard time paying attention since I had such a long week but I was completely pulled in from the beginning.

What I appreciated the most from her time was when she said “Silence is pregnant, not empty.” I think it stuck with me because that has always been my trouble with silence, it’s lack of emptiness. Coming into this class, my definition of silence was non-existnat to be exact but I felt as if I had some ideas of what I thought it was. It was always something that lacked substance. I didn’t see the purpose of it to be honest. But what LSB was saying began to define some of the meaning and purposes that silence has become for me. Silence is a practice I am looking forward to explore after this course and I hope to keep in mind her idea’s of silence.