Silent in Spring is a collection of ponderings, mindless mumblings, whimsical stories of my very small existence. Occasionally attached with photographs, some planned, many accidental.
I got the name from Rachel Carson's landmark book - Silent Spring. The book was published in 1962 and very much coincided with the beginning of the environmental movement in the West. Silent Spring essentially speaks about how the use of pesticides can have detrimental and far-reaching consequences. In the face of unlimited usage of pesticides and the likes, animals and humans will eventually face the same death.
The title was an allusion to the spring season where silence prevail because all the birds had died from pesticide poisoning.
No birds, no songs, silence in spring, silent in spring.
If you have not read the book, have a go... it might inspire you.
You can find out more about Rachel Carson and her works at www.rachelcarson.org
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