What is the sound of a bell that doesn't ring, @slowwalker?

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

I think the answer is the void.

In the beginning there was light, but the world is sound.

The bell's engravings are beautiful and perhaps, functional, but definitely symbolic. It speaks even when it can't be rung.

And such is the irony of Time - the bell endures but only if it's not rung.

I think you grasped the implications of that reality. Is it better to endure or to wear out with use?

Have a good day, my friend :)