April 12. 2010 – May 18, 2011. Some silences have more meaning than any sound can convey. Silences are not to be confused with blank periods. Far from it. What happens during a long pause is any body’s guess. So, to cut a long silence short, April 12, 2010 to May 18, 2011 was a long period of silence when the blogger of Unborn disappeared from blogosphere, without any commitment to return, ever. Even the blogger had no knowledge when they would return. Or, if. Compared to all the other posts on this blog, the silence seems the most interesting, for the sheer number of things it could mean. Did the blogger get tired of posting things no body was dying to read, and returned hurt? Probable, because it happens too often in this crowded nebula of posts. Did the blogger run out of interesting subjects or just lost direction in life and gave up? Yes, could be. Successful blogs usually have a clear purpose, as it is a little difficult to keep up readers’ interest without a bigger key interest than the blogger themselves. Of course it is different with the aimless ramblings of say Aamir Khan or J Lo. People lick those morsels of scrumptious nothing like pet pugs. But before long, even celeb blogs slow down, sputter and stop, belly up. Coming back to what may have happened to Unborn, it could be none of them, or all. But I have a theory. Suppose, the blogger never stopped posting on Unborn. Instead they continued to send silent posts into the blogosphere, for every one of the 400 days. Talking informally about all the things that happen, events, accidents, joys, unions, surprises, tears, scenes, words, actions… except that these things happened in a way that words can’t describe. So, the loud, long silent blogs. For any one to read, understand and share, in silence.
