It is a black and white drawing published in 1937 in “Under the Eye of the Choucas”, the first collection by the famous designer Samivel.
“Ah yes, where was I… I have often asked myself this question: what is most beautiful in the mountains?
», asks a voluble client to her guide in full ascension.
“Silence, ma’am,” replies the gruff mountaineer laconically.
Visionary.
Eighty-seven years later, the world has never been more talkative.
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The hubbub of the crowd, the hum of the machines, the ringing of notifications punctuate the world.
It is almost impossible to find a place sheltered from noise in France, assure the researchers.
Worse, silence is sometimes scary.
Synonymous with danger, it worries.
At a time when communication channels and exchanges have never been so numerous, the silent becomes suspect, the outbursts reassuring, the comment obligatory.
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