Do you feel heard? 

We try to put our thoughts into words to describe what we feel or what we believe in. We communicate with our bodies and speak through our actions. But silence is a language, too. In silence, complex relationships unfold and allow unspoken realities to emerge. In every absence lies a presence, in every pause a possibility. 

Two people on a first date, lost for words.

The intimacy between lovers.

A blank page full of deleted text.

Mortality lying between two heartbeats.

Silence can offer respite while suffocating you at the same time. A silent room full of people can be louder than 130 decibels pounding on your eardrums. Thoughts can be thundering without making any sound. Sometimes you have to break the silence and resist.

 Scream! 

This issue of trans magazin does not want to be silent but it invites you to perceive this concept beyond the absence of sound. A deep breath and a pair of closed eyes can evoke the feeling of infinite solitude. Allow yourself to be lost in a forest and hear your heartbeat, to protest without words or to dive into the bursting vibrations of a rave. Only then will you be able to listen to the echo of silence around you.