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Keep repeating to myself as I go downstairs for coffee …

11.08.2012 by David Murray // 9 Comments

"When are you going to learn that it's what you don't hear from people that matters?"

(I don't exactly know what I mean by this, but say it more emphatically each time.)

[I might be losing it.]

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  1. Rueben says

    November 8, 2012 at 8:38 am

    I can’t quite put my finger on the meaning either, but there’s something about it that feels true…

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  2. David Murray says

    November 8, 2012 at 1:39 pm

    The thing of it is, I do so much correspondence that I only deal with what comes back. I don’t worry about–and often don’t even notice–when someone doesn’t get back to me. I just deal with those who do (and respond to what they say).
    That’s a good way to stay sane.
    It’s also a good way not to notice when you’ve really hurt someone’s feelings or earned someone’s contempt.
    As we say in Chicago, whaddyagonnado?

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  3. Laura Hunter Thomas says

    November 14, 2012 at 11:33 am

    Well, per your post from this AM re: east/west communication: when there are shared language codes (cliches if you will) when they’re missing that means something. I think your point here is well taken with your Asian counterparts – in the West, what isn’t said is ignored. Not so there.

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  4. David Murray says

    November 14, 2012 at 11:38 am

    DAMN GOOD POINT, Laura.

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