The silence of nature gives us an intuitive feeling of the great silence that was before the word.

 

"The silence of nature is a blessed silence because it gives us an intuitive feeling of the great silence that was before the word and out of which everything arose"

Max Picard,
"The World of Silence"

Photos:(Top) Sunset on Bellvue Dome and Watson Lake, Bellvue, CO, November 19, 2014; (Middle) Sunrise alpenglow on the foothills, viewed across the street from my house, Larimer County, CO, November 18, 2014; (Bottom) Snowy landscape and Arthur's Rock, Lory State Park, CO, November 15, 2014