CBC Maritimes

If so many people yearn for silence, why is there so little of it in our world today? George Prochnik's book In Pursuit of Silence, examines our craving for a little peace and quiet.

Listen Up: Remember quiet time? Way, way back when your teacher would ask you to lay your little head on your desk for a rest? Do you feel like you could use a little quiet time again? Time to reflect, or simply take a break from all the noise that seems to surround our every waking minute, and permeate our dreams? Author George Prochnik turned his search for a little quiet time into a quest, then turned that quest into a book called "In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise." The book is a rallying cry, of sorts, for the need for more quiet spaces in our lives. Our question: how important is silence in your life?