
He did not dare to look up at the sky, instead, he just confined himself at the vicinity of his work place. All those years he spent as a porter at the quays of Barcelona was the imprisonment of his own making. Vicente’s, the main character in the Singing Silence, search for the amphora was like his search for his life.

Singing Silence is a short story by Eva-Lis Wourio that talks about a poor, old man finding happiness after breaking an amphora. I surmise only the peaceful hearts have this gift. Is it possible to hear music, to hear harmonious melodies in silence? Perhaps.
