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Happy Day: On May 23 2020 The Silent Academy will

Happy Day:

On May 23 2020 The Silent Academy will publish a book called ‘questions’.
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The questions contained within the book do not desire answers. •
The questions contained in the book want to suspend the mind in free-fall. •
In coming days there will be news of the author of the introduction to ‘questions’.
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In coming weeks there will be news of pre-order options, launch events, and other communal activities.
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In coming months there will be more ‘questions’
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Imagine that. •
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The Silent Academy has updated News with informati

The Silent Academy has updated News with information about pamphlets.
https://www.silentacademy.com/pamphlets/

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what is not an idea that is not now • This is a

what is not an idea that is not now
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This is a line taken from the upcoming Silent Academy book, ‘questions’ •
The book ‘questions’ offers an alternative to the culture of craved certainty. It is a sequence of non-literal questions designed to prompt non-literal responses. •
These questions are interested only in the non-answer. •
The book produces an atmosphere of magical not-knowing.
The book offers possibility to engage with the mind at an aspect that is intuitive and true.
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It is in the not-knowing that the mind goes seeking. Where real ideas, not reactions, are born. •
‘questions’ seeks not to make art that reflects the world, but to create a world.
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HAPPY DAY: We have reached the one-year anniversa

HAPPY DAY:

We have reached the one-year anniversary of the @archiveofsky*
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One year ago, the archive of sky received paperwork from Washington State Government acknowledging the birth of a new religion.
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The archive of sky has only two tenets:
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1/ Sit beneath the sky for 20 minutes every day, contemplating the interconnection of all things.
2/ Try to be kind (don’t be an asshole) •
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In this first year of existence the archive of sky has distinguished itself in a number of ways:
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The archive of sky has respected the bodies and minds of all sentient beings.
The archive of sky has produced, and will continue to produce and sell a sequence of abstracted images of the sky.
The archive of sky has erected a number of square inch cathedrals. •
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*The archive of sky is a project from The Silent Academy.
It is an exploration of emptiness, codes, and meaning.
The project involves paintings, and a bunch of other stuff,
the findings of which will be shared in a book called Archive of Sky.
Check The Silent Academy website for more info

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how dark is the cloud gathering all the ticks from

how dark is the cloud gathering all the ticks from a clock •
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From the upcoming book ‘questions’ •
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this sweeping storm where does it learn so many wo

this sweeping storm where does it learn so many words
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Taken from the upcoming Silent Academy book ‘questions’
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This bundle of Silent Academy pamphlets is happeni

This bundle of Silent Academy pamphlets is happening in the studio. Getting prepared for shipment all the way to the East Coast.
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If you’re in North Carolina, and like to touch things like Silent Academy books and pamphlets as well as other art books and stuff, you can do that by visiting @theconcernnewsstand, @attic506, and @lump_raleigh.
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Everything smells of string and rubber stamps. And rain. Imagine that.
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From the upcoming Silent Academy book, ‘question

From the upcoming Silent Academy book, ‘questions’. •
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where in hesitation does the music gather •
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From the upcoming Silent Academy book ‘questions

From the upcoming Silent Academy book ‘questions’
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what unit of meaning is used to measure the sky
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This book shares non-literal questions seeking non-literal answers. Available sooner than first thought. Imagine that.
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#thesilentacademy #questions #conceptualism #experimentalart #art #smallpress #book #indie #quiet #porttownsend
#snow #bench #tag #creativevandalism

why do we throw so many candles into the underside

why do we throw so many candles into the underside of silence •
From the upcoming Silent Academy book, ‘questions’.
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Make art that does not simply decorate the world. Make art that creates a world.
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Part One:
Consider a question which can only be addressed with an intuitive answer. Using only lower-case writing, scribble down your question. Remove all punctuation. •
Part Two:
Take a pencil and a small tag. Transfer your question to the tag.
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Part Three:
Go for a walk. Leave the tag in a place that makes intuitive sense. •
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#blue #green #experimentalpoetry #art

what will be held in the final silence of your han

what will be held in the final silence of your hand
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From the upcoming book ‘questions’ from The Silent Academy. •
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From the Silent Academy pamphlet, ‘Items of Salt

From the Silent Academy pamphlet, ‘Items of Salt & Sacred Geometry’
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On the Nature of Transit

Gather together as many
lowest denomination notes
of paper currency that you can afford.

Take a black pen
and deface the money with messages
of encouragement,
joy, compassion, and revolt.

Place your reworked currency
into a makeshift purse.

Go for a walk.

Distribute your redesigned currency
in public places
like parks, benches, bus stops.

Enjoy the emptiness of your pockets •
‘Rain is tribute to rain’
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how deep in your eye is the suspending fluid of th

how deep in your eye is the suspending fluid of the sky •
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From the upcoming book ‘questions’ from The Silent Academy - a book which seeks to place the mind into a sense of the non-linear, the not-knowing. A book that asks non-literal questions not to inspire answers, but to gently corrupt logic. A disruption of habitual thinking. •
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#thesilentacademy #questions #artbook #smallpress #indiepublisher #experimentalart #conceptualism #creativevandalism #koan #experimentalpoetry #poem #conceptualart #tables #rain #porttownsend

how does the center of a stone become an indefinit

how does the center of a stone become an indefinite echo
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From the upcoming Silent Academy book ‘questions’. •
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More details on this book, future and current Silent Academy projects will be shared soon. •
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how many flowers open for the lost • • • Fro

how many flowers open for the lost •
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From the upcoming Silent Academy book ‘questions’.
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Asking non literal questions to produce non literal answers and promote the condition of not knowing. •
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From the upcoming Silent Academy pamphlet, ‘Item

From the upcoming Silent Academy pamphlet, ‘Items of Salt & Sacred Geometry’, available December 21 2019
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On the Nature of Winter

Travel somewhere far from home.
Avoid music.
Avoid touch.
Speak only in brief sentences to strangers.

Offer nothing of yourself to the world
and expect nothing in return.

Imagine the lowest tide
of your heart
where a moon hides
beneath the horizon
and the water is wrong.

Admit that sometimes there is nothing
to be done
and that in order to create
you must first dismantle yourself.

Now, fill the night
with your improvised symphony
of sorrowful songs.

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From the upcoming Silent Academy pamphlet ‘Items

From the upcoming Silent Academy pamphlet ‘Items of Distance & Loss’
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On the Nature of Inevitability

Imagine a whale
so big you can sit inside its heart,
so big you can stand inside its heart.

Visualize that whale around you;
as you sit, as you walk,
as you go about your life.

Through all difficult or happy events
the whale is all around you.
It is invisible to everyone,
and only felt by you.

Sometimes others will sense
slight and subtle energies
as you interact with them;
the whale will sweep its tail,
turn its head.

Imagine this whale every day
until the day you are too tired
with imaginings.
And life happens.

Write a letter of gratitude and truth
to the whale.

Let life happen. •
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what do blossoms deny in their requirement of beau

what do blossoms deny in their requirement of beauty
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From the upcoming book ‘questions’, to be released by The Silent Academy. •
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From The Silent Academy pamphlet ‘Items of Dista

From The Silent Academy pamphlet ‘Items of Distance & Loss’
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On The Nature Of Loss
Take a piece of chalk. Place the chalk in your pocket.
Walk for no less than one hour in any direction from your home.
Pay attention to the details that you pass; the sound of your breath, your feet, any traffic.
Pay attention to the weather, and any feelings in your gut.
After you have walked for no less than one hour, stop. Stand still. Look around. Take the chalk from your pocket.
Draw around your shoes. Mark the ground right there, where you stand. Then walk on.
For no less than one hour, continue walking away from your home.
After you have walked for another hour, stop. Stand still. Look around. Remove your shoes. Leave them there.
Walk home, shoeless. Pay attention to the weather. •
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The Silent Academy pamphlets - batch three - is no

The Silent Academy pamphlets - batch three - is now available for preorder from the online store (link in bio)
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This batch, to be released on the Winter Solstice (December 21), explores wintry themes: absence, loss, distance, and memory. It calls on you to deface maps, abandon shoes, embark on an odyssey of creative vandalism, and also to imagine a whale.
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It will discuss things like solitude, mourning, collapse, conclusions and hope. It also mentions things about love and death, lamp posts, peacocks, elephants, and the moon.
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This batch considers the passing of time, and the distance between objective truths. It talks about clouds, encourages the destruction of money, and all kinds of creative disruption. It also suggests that all things of faith should be taken with a pinch of salt. •
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