honorable mention
Paul Christener switzerland
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Words for Snow
Snow occurs when the humidity in the atmosphere is sufficiently high, and the temperature is, at least, minus 12 degrees Celsius. The water freezes into tiny particles. As the small crystals swirl through the air, they grow because more and more water freezes on them.
The world is getting louder. Noise made by humans is growing faster than the population. According to the German news magazine, Der Spiegel, almost one in two people nowadays feel annoyed by the noise. The U.S. political magazine, The New Republic, writes, “Sound is ambient, elusive, enveloping. Even the softest drone can echo cacophonously if it worms itself into your head. “
The Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists is at two minutes before twelve. The clock was only once nearer to twelve, which was in 1953 - the world was then on the brink of an atomic war. At that time, Swiss philosopher Max Picard wrote: “Nothing has changed the nature of man as much as the loss of silence.” More than 100 years before him, German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer stated: “Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption; it is not only an interruption but also a disruption of thought.” And before him, Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote: „Everything is good as it comes from the hands of nature, but everything degenerates in the hands of man.“ Roger Waters - ex-Pink Floyd - asks on his current album: “Is this the life we really want?”
Silence has become a luxury. We are even willing to pay money for services and products that promise silence. Snow simplifies a landscape, the noise of civilization vanishes. I am convinced that we need more silence today, not only from an individual perspective but also from a global one.
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Back Story „Words for Snow“Snow occurs when the humidity in the atmosphere is sufficiently high, and the temperature is, at least, minus 12 degrees Celsius. The water freezes into tiny particles. As the small crystals swirl through the air, they grow because more and more water freezes on them.
The world is getting louder. Noise made by humans is growing faster than the population. According to the German news magazine, Der Spiegel, almost one in two people nowadays feel annoyed by the noise. The U.S. political magazine, The New Republic, writes, “Sound is ambient, elusive, enveloping. Even the softest drone can echo cacophonously if it worms itself into your head. “
The Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists is at two minutes before twelve. The clock was only once nearer to twelve, which was in 1953 - the world was then on the brink of an atomic war. At that time, Swiss philosopher Max Picard wrote: “Nothing has changed the nature of man as much as the loss of silence.” More than 100 years before him, German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer stated: “Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption; it is not only an interruption but also a disruption of thought.” And before him, Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote: „Everything is good as it comes from the hands of nature, but everything degenerates in the hands of man.“ Roger Waters - ex-Pink Floyd - asks on his current album: “Is this the life we really want?”
Silence has become a luxury. We are even willing to pay money for services and products that promise silence. Snow simplifies a landscape, the noise of civilization vanishes. I am convinced that we need more silence today, not only from an individual perspective but also from a global one.
back to gallery
