The Quiet Zone

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Quiet Zone

The sound of distant drumming could be heard above the din of the mid-town traffic just as I zeroed in on The New York Public Library, and as this sign came into view.

“A drum is a voice, alive and feeling as with any voice. When it speaks, then we must listen and honor the message with our best and noblest selves, for it is a voice with great power and it is a voice that is a gift to us from a greater being. If we do this, then our lives will be full and happy. If we do not listen but pay disrespect, then our lives will have dishonor.” –Louis W. Ballard, Quapaw-Cherokee


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