serenity
Serenity is the perfect stage set that conceals unwanted external noise while amplifying one’s internal anxieties. The silence that visits the mind masquerades as peace yet often exposes whispers from within. Widely sought through meditation or yoga, it comes with the side effect of rendering one intolerant even of a neighbor’s refrigerator hum. The more one flees society’s clamor, the more serenity paradoxically forces a confrontation with oneself, laying bare its true nature.