"PRACTICING SILENCE" DIAMOND PIN - BEATRIX OST COLLABORATIONFROM OUR ARTIST + ACTIVIST COLLECTION "Practicing Silence" Twenty years ago Beatrix made the first practicing silence pin. "I went to parties and when I wanted to be just an observer, I pointed at the pin and I became a listener. I wanted to be there I wanted to be in a quiet way in the middle of it. I wanted to be in charge of letting New York in and deciding when to talk or when only to listen. It gives you that freedom. You point at the pin and