Lurker

 2019
Selected for Liminal Sounds annual open submissions are featured around a curator-devised theme "Retreat, Disappearance"

LurkerThe word lurker with all of its negative connotations has always fascinated me. Although it became mainstream with the internet, its origin is much older. But why should it have negative connotations? Why can it be just someone who listens, observes and contributes when he or she thinks it’s opportune?

Today we are much too worried of not being heard that we are pressured to contribute ideas without first thinking things through. So let’s lurk, observe and listen.