Have you ever been tackled by a pregnant pause?
Speakers sometimes use it after they deliver something profound. This pause gives us, well, pause. To ponder. To digest. To wonder.
When musicians use it, we lean forward; pay attention; wait for the resolve.
Artists offer the pause as space on the canvas; a photographer in the rule of thirds.
Writers use style; a one word sentence; they break the rules if they know them well enough.
The pause teams with life and revelation; breathing space; the aha!
Artists take from inspiration and prepare a meal with colors and texture. The pregnant pause is the fine wine that stimulates hunger for more.
Now that I'm aware of it, I wonder if I really ever serve up the wine. I think, honestly, I'm most happy just dancing on the grapes.
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