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THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND.

By Carolyn Chon

February 26^th, 2014

What are these photos about?

THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

whispers

“If you wish to forget anything on the spot,

make a note that this is the thing to be remembered.”

Edgar Allan Poe

THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

‘BEAUTY IS TRUTH, TRUTH BEAUTY,’ - THAT IS ALL YE KNOW ON EARTH, AND ALL YE NEED TO KNOW.

JOHN KEATS

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“Come, come, my conservative friend,

wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.”

Elizabeth Cady Staton

THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

“Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.”

Wallace Stevens

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THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

“Walk on a rainbow trail;

walk on a trail of song,

and all about you will be beauty.

There is a way out of every dark mist,

over a rainbow trails.”

Robert Motherwell

THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out;

it’s the pebble in your shoe.”

Muhammad Ali

THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

“Life and death are one thread,

the same line viewed from different sides.”

Lao Tzu

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THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

“In a state of grave, the soul is like a well of limpid water,

from which flow only streams of clearest crystal.

Its works are pleasing both to God and man,

rising from the RiveR of Life,

beside which it is rooted like a tree.”

Saint Teresa of Avila

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THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

THE QUIET OF THE SOUND

“And this, our life,

exempt from public haunt,

finds tongues in trees,

books in the running brooks,

sermons in stones,

and good in everything.”

William Shakespeare

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Footnotes

Shot with Sony NEX3, processed with VSCO

FootNotes

Shot with Sony NEX3, processed with VSCO

© 2026 Carolyn Chon

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