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Perfect.
This post could quite possibly be the longest-running ever. The possibilities are endless. Zen indeed, Scott.
Well done. It’s like a twinkle in the eye, just waiting to be born, and to evolve, as the world adds its input.
I had a pet rock once. I used to spend hours conversing with it.
Looks as though it is working. Great idea.
Intriguing idea. I have primarily ‘met’ you on Twitter, but always look forward to your thought provoking conversation and engagement – this “for your comments” section is yet another example.
As you sow…so shall you reap…
This is so “you”, Scott. Brilliant.
My comment…
Wow! Meta. Like blog performance art. Floored!
Do not fail
To learn from
The pure voice of an
Ever-flowing mountain stream
Splashing over the rocks.
- Morihei Ueshiba
Great PR strategy!
Brilliant.
Outstanding post and your choice of words are unmatched. The only thing that really makes me made is that I did not think of this one first. Seriously, this is without a doubt one of the best. It will be interesting to see how many comments it generates.
“your choice of words are unmatched” – LOL! Priceless.
Scott, we met in the Circus Mashimus Lounge at SXSW. I was going to email you, but why not just comment here and subscribe to the RSS feed. Lets connect some time.
Keith Burtis – Best Buy Remix
Great to see you again, Keith. Thanks for coming and hanging out in my lounge.
Your post is bound to have legs for some time to come. Kudos.
Hmmm. Good idea, funny thing about this, I was discussing this ( The Dead Kennedys on Wikipedia – tinyurl.com/cuv8b2 “Printed on Side B was the explanation, “Home taping is killing big time entertainment industry profits. Therefore side two of this tape has been left blank for your convenience.”") with my lovely bride just last night.
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
Funny! I never saw the tape, but I actually had the original vinyl of this album back in college. I also had Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables.
There have been some other instances of extended silence in music. There’s of course John Cage’s 4’33″.
Weird Al Yankovic, on Bad Hair Day, put 10 minutes of silence on the end of the album, followed by a 4-second track of screaming, crashing and clanging. In an interview about it, he said:
“That was my little practical joke. That comes after 10 minutes of silence at the end of the CD. People will forget that the CD is still playing after it’s over, and then they hear that and practically have a heart attack. People have sent me stories about hearing that in their car and almost crashing.”
For more, check out this really amazingly well-researched article:
After Silence: Hidden, Secret, and Ghost Tracks
Well isnt this an offshoot of what Twitter is doing? – Microblogging . Open Ended statements and then allowing people to comment !
This has to work – Catches your eye without getting into detail. Something all bloggers must learn – Writing long posts is not going to work. Something like this is going to!
Great Going Scott!
Reminds me of the student who was asked to write an essay on apathy.
His submission, which got an ‘A’, simple said …. “I can’t be bothered”.
The more succinct you can put a point of view, the more powerful it becomes.
A Zen master once said to me, “Do the opposite of whatever I tell you.”
So I didn’t.
WHOA! This got me!
Brilliant. You’ve found a new place to play.
So I had another very Zen thought…
I was wondering if anyone else had ever done this. Surely, in the entire history of blogging, someone else has created a completely empty blog post as an exercise in Zen.
But then I thought, how would I search for it?
You don’t search for it, Scott…You open yourself and it comes to you..
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The thing I like the most about zen, is the ability it gives me to look deep and thoughtful, when in reality, I am just clueless and confused.
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In his book Gung Ho! Kenneth Blanchard refers to how most people wait for the silence to begin so they can start speaking. Instead, he suggests we wait for the silence to end. It’s a whole new world!
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Through all that noise, I find your tweets informative – and this article, a must for my biz partners starting to Tweet. Thanks Scott!
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