The Origin of Silensfilia

Hello Readers,
First and foremost, I hope you are all having an awesome Sunday :) It is a tad cloudy out here in Southern California, but I'm sure that by 10 am it will be nice and shinny. I hope. haha

Now, allow me to share the Origin of SILENSFILIA. Like I mentioned in my previous blog, Silensfilia is two Latin words combined together: silence (Silens) and daughter (filia). I was looking for the word OF in Latin so that it could actually mean Daughter of Silence, but I never looked hard enough. So, it's just daughter silence. haha I created this name when I was 19 years old. I am now 28! YES! it is OLD.

So this is what happened: When I was 19 years old I was quite an odd ball. I spent endless hours in my room learning, reading,  and searching because I wanted to know it ALL, and I mean ALL. During one of my searches I came across this documentary called Into Great Silence by Philip Gröning. When I first saw this documentary I thought it was AMAZING! It is a documentary about the everyday lives of  Carthusian Monks of the Grande Chartreuse, which is in France. Before this documentary could be filmed Gröning had to asks for permission, and the monks told him they needed to think about it, and 16 years later they agreed to do the documentary. Talk about really thinking something through!

I grew this fascination with this documentary, that I watched it everyday! The thing about the Carthusian monks is that they do not speak at all. They go about their everyday lives working and walking amongst each other not saying a word. They are allowed, I believe, it was one hour of one day out of the week to go out and talk with another member. I just couldn't believe how people could not saying anything for days! It was crazy to me, because I talk so much!

So, I became obsessed with this idea of what silence really meant and I began to explore it. I even took a vowel of silence of one month, and the funny thing is that no one even noticed. haha I had spent so many hours alone in a room, that people didn't even realize when I stopped talking. After that, I simply appreciated silence, I love it, and I craved it when there was noise. There's this immense peace when your surrounded by silence, that their is no need to vocalize anything in order to communicate.

So, one day I was creating my new email, and so, I came up with the name Daughter of Silence. However, I didn't  want anyone to know the meaning because for me it was something personal; therefore, I searched the words in Latin. Why Latin? Because at the time I thought it was "cool" and well not many people know Latin. When I noticed that no one has ever thought about that name, it became even more special to me. Hitherto, I have never encounter anyone with my name. That makes me happy, because, like I said, it's personal and it was a time in my life in which I learned A LOT.

I know it's not the coolest story, but everyone always asks "What does Silensfilia mean?" So, I figured I'd answer it for you all just incase. On the plus side, I might have introduced you to a very awesome documentary! :D

Here's what the cover looks like:

Trust me, it is pretty amazing!

I hope you enjoyed this blog! And if you didn't, I hope to make the next one better :D
Hope you all have a lovely Sunday.
-Denise