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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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why do we throw so many candles into the underside

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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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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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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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how slightly are we here • • • From the upco

how slightly are we here
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From the upcoming book ‘questions’ to be released by The Silent Academy. •
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Artifact Detail: *pamphlet number nine from the si

Artifact Detail: *pamphlet number nine from the silent academy

Items of Salt & Sacred Geometry

This pamphlet explores themes of winter, 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.
This pamphlet is the ninth in a sequence of artifacts designed to disrupt habitual thinking.
This pamphlet belongs in ‘Bundle Three’ - released on December 21 2019 - the winter equinox.

Imagine that.

This pamphlet carries four items designed to augment reality with magic realism, to inspire beauty in the mundane, and inspire the mundane in the beautiful.

This pamphlet is political in that it recognizes no authority but that of the reader.
This pamphlet is spiritual in that it recognizes no authority but that of the reader.

This pamphlet, like all publications and art produced by The Silent Academy, can be filed under feminist literature in that it promotes common sense and basic fucking decency. (*a small booklet or leaflet containing information or arguments about a single subject) * Andrew Shaw 2019

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This pamphlet is coming soon - preorders available

This pamphlet is coming soon - preorders available via The Silent Academy website next week.

Artifact Detail: *pamphlet number eight from the silent academy

Items of Hope & Dissolve

This pamphlet is the eighth in a sequence of artifacts designed to disrupt habitual thinking.
This pamphlet belongs in ‘Bundle Three’ - released on December 21 2019 - the winter equinox.

Imagine that.

This pamphlet carries four items designed to augment reality with magic realism, to inspire beauty in the mundane, and inspire the mundane in the beautiful.

This pamphlet focuses on solitude, mourning, collapse, conclusions and hope. It also mentions things about love and death, lamp posts, peacocks, elephants, and the moon.

This pamphlet is political in that it recognizes no authority but that of the reader.
This pamphlet is spiritual in that it recognizes no authority but that of the reader.

This pamphlet, like all publications and art produced by The Silent Academy, can be filed under feminist literature in that it promotes common sense and basic fucking decency. (*a small booklet or leaflet containing information or arguments about a single subject) * Andrew Shaw 2019

#thesilentacademy #wintersolstice #itemsofhopeanddissolve #fluxus #conceptualart #pamphlet #smallpress #independentpublisher #experimentalart #streetart #creativevandalism #peacock #elephant #lamppost #love #death #mourning

This pamphlet is coming soon - preorders available

This pamphlet is coming soon - preorders available via The Silent Academy website next week.
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Artifact Detail: *pamphlet number seven from the silent academy

Items of Distance & Loss

This pamphlet is the seventh in a sequence of artifacts designed to disrupt habitual thinking.
This pamphlet belongs in ‘Bundle Three’ - released on December 21 2019 - the winter solstice.

Imagine that.

This pamphlet carries four items designed to augment reality with magic realism, to inspire beauty in the mundane, and inspire the mundane in the beautiful.

This pamphlet focuses on absence, loss, distance, and memory. It will call on you to deface maps, abandon shoes, embark on odyssey of creative vandalism, and also to imagine a whale.

This pamphlet is political in that it recognizes no authority but that of the reader.
This pamphlet is spiritual in that it recognizes no authority but that of the reader.

This pamphlet, like all publications and artifacts from The Silent Academy, can be filed under feminist literature in that it promotes common sense and basic fucking decency. (*a small booklet or leaflet containing information or arguments about a single subject) * Andrew Shaw 2019

#thesilentacademy #itemsofdistanceandloss #fluxus #conceptualart #pamphlet #indiepublisher #independentpublisher #smallpress #experimentalart #shoes #maps #whale #wintersolstice

how does the winter swallow so much loss
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From the upcoming book ‘questions’
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Making art not simply to reflect the world, but to create a world.
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#thesilentacademy #questions #workinprogress #experimentalpoetry #poem #experimentalart #conceptualism #fluxus #creativevandalism #smallpress #indiepublisher #frost #chairs

where beneath your feet is the disconnected sympho

where beneath your feet is the disconnected symphony
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what colors can be heard in the center of the brok

what colors can be heard in the center of the broken hold
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From the upcoming book ‘questions. •
Questions designed to provoke non-literal answers.
Seeking to make art that does not simply decorate the world. But to make art that creates a world.
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#question #thesilentacademy #questions #art #metamodernism #fluxus #smallpress #independentpublisher #conceptualart #conceptualism #streetart #creativeprocess #experimentalart #experimentalpoetry #poetry #experientialart #stone #porttownsend #hagoromochalk

how does a seed know the reach of scent from insid

how does a seed know the reach of scent from inside its fruit
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From the upcoming Silent Academy book, ‘questions’ •
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Trying to make art that does not simply decorate the world.
Trying to make art that creates a world.
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#thesilentacademy #questions #experimentalart #conceptualart #smallpress #indepenedentpublisher #creativevandalism #fluxus #art #metamodernism #fruit #bee #stencilart #streetart

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