There was a flicker of movement at a window, and Bridget turned in a full circle, taking in the dense and quiet woods, the pine branches dripping, the surprisingly rapidly drifting clouds.
Blum's images are quiet and dense: a lock of hair in a hole in the ground is a reference to an old folk cure for migraines; a company-store token, its metal dulled, is shown against a background of flecked, omnipotent black; the suspecting, sidelong glance of an elegant middle-aged woman counters the impatient stare of a younger one, in a dress and sandals, holding a chicken.
Because quiet areas in dense urban environments are important to well-being, the prediction of sound propagation to shielded urban areas is an ongoing research focus.
THE centre of Damascus, the Syrian capital, may be quiet but in dense suburbs where most of its 3m inhabitants live, chanting, hand-clapping marches burst out of dozens of local mosques.
Though knowledgeable guides lead multiple tours through the caves during visitor hours, the dense walls maintain a peaceful quiet.
These shows are usually set somewhere remote and moody – lots of dense woods, volatile coastlines and quiet close-knit towns which mirror the drama of the story to the degree where the setting is usually considered a cast member in itself.
Ned Berke, the editor of the local news blog Sheepshead Bites, saw the neighborhood as appealing for being quieter and less dense than areas closer to Manhattan — but with more varied housing, and more shopping and dining options — than nearby residential neighborhoods like Mill Basin and Bergen Beach.
It was surrounded by low hills and its meadows and sunny slopes were diversified by orchard, quiet groves and denser pine woods.
For a very secluded experience, drive to Anse Couleuvre, off the northwest slope of Mount Pelée, for a quiet cove surrounded by dense jungle vegetation and towering rocky outcroppings.
Once it has quieted down, skim the dense white scum with either a spoon or a fine-mesh skimmer.
