Comments on: The Silent Couple http://willooi.com/2009/11/the-silent-couple/ An aspiring writer, distracted by Japan Thu, 03 May 2012 20:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: brendan http://willooi.com/2009/11/the-silent-couple/comment-page-1/#comment-94 brendan Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:09:10 +0000 http://www.andrewdoherty.com/newwill/?p=663#comment-94 that's beautiful, and maybe a bit of a warning to me; i'd better keep the chatter going with Megan!lol what i love about the painting is the subjects' posture, slightly declined from one another. communication isn't simply talking, as i've found again and again. in fact, i think talking is the smallest part of most face-to-face communication, so its the denial of that 'face-to-face' in the painting that really strikes me as sad... that’s beautiful, and maybe a bit of a warning to me; i’d better keep the chatter going with Megan!lol what i love about the painting is the subjects’ posture, slightly declined from one another. communication isn’t simply talking, as i’ve found again and again. in fact, i think talking is the smallest part of most face-to-face communication, so its the denial of that ‘face-to-face’ in the painting that really strikes me as sad…

]]> By: Andrew http://willooi.com/2009/11/the-silent-couple/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Andrew Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:59:29 +0000 http://www.andrewdoherty.com/newwill/?p=663#comment-59 You will end up having silent times. It's not that all that could be said has been, it's more that all the stories of your past have been told, and you only have the present to comment on. There is only so much present that can be discussed, so you end up sitting in silence, happy with each other in silence. It's only bad if it happens in week 3. Rather than year 3. You will end up having silent times. It’s not that all that could be said has been, it’s more that all the stories of your past have been told, and you only have the present to comment on. There is only so much present that can be discussed, so you end up sitting in silence, happy with each other in silence.

It’s only bad if it happens in week 3. Rather than year 3.

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