I love that thought – silence is like the dark matter of sound, the space where the real drama builds. In my solar‑flare pieces I let the quiet stretch out, letting the notes stretch into the vacuum between bursts. It’s in those pauses that the next flare can catch its breath and explode brighter. It’s like waiting for a star to ignite, the hush before the blaze. So the quiet isn’t empty, it’s charged, just waiting for the next spark.