Silence is an empty orb

A year ago, I would have posted an image of an empty drinking glass to represent silence. Uncomfortable with quiet and solitude, I had always considered silence to be an empty space with potential energy, waiting to be filled. Speech, the noise of city streets, and music were essential parts of my life. Lately, I love silence. Though I still associate it with emptiness, I now see it as an entity that can forever exist that way--an entity that is not inherently "lacking" anything--and in that sense, that empty space is at the same time full. Closing the rim of the glass, silence becomes an orb.