RE: Quiet Thoughts on a Quiet Day... About Quiet and Stillness

There's so much that can be said for this. I studied human communication in college and, indeed, the word noise can have so many meanings.

My youngest son reacts to loud noises as well as bright lights (which I would consider visual noise) to the point that he has a set of silencing headphones just to dull out external aural stimuli.

We're constantly bombarded by so much noise we've become accustomed to it, and we dont' even realise it until something happens like losing power in the house. Now that's quiet, and to some, it's quite unnerving.