Enjoy the silence A comment on the lecture “Ontology of interpersonal relationships” by Cruz Cruz

Abstract

This paper is a comment on the lecture Ontology of interpersonal relationships, leaded 
by Doctor Juan Cruz Cruz, professor at the University of Navarra, during the last 
days of May 2011. Intimacy, as a way of being deep and of relating to others in 
gratuity, drives the human beings into the search for an environment in which they 
can find themselves alone: silence, which as a structure of loving directions, is built 
from the individual capacity and is set by a unique vocation, denying the mistaken 
conception of “being quiet” to overturn the relationship with others, and to run away 
from social responsibilities. A spiritual and innovative way to understand these words 
is expressed in Enjoy the Silence, one of the most famous songs of the 90´s, written 
by Martin Gore and played by the British band Depeche Mode, and brought to the 
big screen by Anton Corbijn. The inspiration for these lyrics, which are intonated 
with the notes of the electronic music genre, allows a glimpse of a message that is 
addressed towards the same direction as the research by Professor Cruz.