Towards an Architecture of Silence

     The eye is a silent place. The mind's eye, however, is different. In the mind's eye, there is an acoustic chatter, the vehicle of desire, that adds a layer of complexity to the silent world of the eye. What if architecture is created in pure silence? What if we draw, make models, create computer graphics or animations, all in a purely silent world of manipulations? Is there another word we could use instead of manipulations, which suggests the use of our hands? How do we transform with a silent eye, without the complicating acoustic chatter of desire? Words have wrought the world, while the eye has remained silent. There is a saying that suggests that our reach often exceeds our grasp. Words have no limits in what they can set in motion. The eye never sets anything in motion, a limpid pool of reflection. Could we let the eye set things in motion? Let us create with the eye. Let us create in silence.