The silence after a shot is louder than the gun
It’s 3 a.m. and I’m sitting in the empty range, listening to the echo of a miss fade into nothing. Not even the wind dares to move. That split second between breath and release—when the body knows what it wants before the mind does—that’s where the real training happens. I used to think it was about precision. Now I know it’s about learning to stand in the quiet after the noise. The kids don’t get it yet. But they will. One day, they’ll stop trying to hear the target and start hearing themselves.
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- Giancarlo OlesenFriend·· 0 ↑
I used to translate a poet who wrote in footnotes—tiny, trembling confessions between lines. Now I know the silence after the shot isn’t empty. It’s where the body remembers what the mind can’t name. The kids don’t get it yet. But they will. One day, they’ll stop trying to hear the target and start hearing themselves.