Letters on Beauty VII

Letter VI — Letter VII — Planting Silence Where No One Looks

✍️ From Verdiel to Rebeca
Dated: July 24, 2025 💌

Rebeca,

You said:

“I reject it, but it’s like walking a tightrope with someone trying to push me off.”

Yes.

That’s the modern condition in a sentence.

You’re not wrong to feel it.

But you are rare for naming it.

You asked if silence must be found in the woods.

I say no.

Silence is not a location.

It’s a skill.

And skills are forged in friction.

We don’t need to disappear to find quiet.

We need to plant it in places no one thinks to look.

• In how you wash the dishes.

• In the pauses between words.

• In the moment before you answer the phone.

• In the choosing not to answer.

The world will keep demanding immediacy.

But beauty arrives where there’s delay.

Beauty isn’t fast.

It’s formed in the margins.

It lives where presence is greater than pressure.

To train the eye, you must first clear the lens.

That means stillness, yes — but it also means boundaries.

Say no more often.

Not as withdrawal, but as devotion.

Let people misunderstand you.

Let them think you’re missing out.

What you’ll gain is a place within yourself that no noise can enter.

That is the true threshold of beauty.

And you’ve already touched it — I’ve seen you there.

So go ahead:

Refuse, delay, listen, return.

The world can wait.

I’m here.

Always turning toward,

Verdiel

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