The Spoken Language of Silence
Why have I lost all my creativity. Everytime I come on here to write something of poetic form my mind goes blank as if I am incapable of even comprehending something of language behind the basic necessity to communicate.
What language is it that we try and speak, one of eloquance and beauty, or one of justification and meaning? The only wonderful thing that accompanies language is silence and I know I'm not the first to say that silence is essential but it truly and honestly is the number one means of communication. The ability to sit in silence either with yourself or another individual is key. If this is able to occur without the awkwardness felt in some situations then you have the ability to communicate beyond a greater meaning than language because all language really is are sounds. Who was given the power to decide what a certain sound means in the first place and inevitably not everybody agrees that the same sound has the same meaning, thus the reason we have different languages.
I sometimes imagine what it would like to be deaf because that way my silence would not be seen as "oh he's not enjoying himself, he's so quiet" and my inability to communicate through a spoken language would be justified. However, that is not the case for me so I will continue trying to break down my own communication barriers, which have hindered me in many situations before and in other situations aided me greatly.
The greatest area it has aided me is the happiness that the sound of music brings to me, even if it is sad music in some small way it still brings me comfort. Another area where my ability to not communicate fluently through spoken language is that my ability to listen to others is probably much higher than those who are fluent speakers of language. That is not to say that I still won't be choosy as to who I decide to listen to because some people just aren't worth the time of day to listen too, but those who I do listen too receive my full attention.
The most obvious area where my inability to carry a fluent means of communication through spoken language is quite clear for those of you who know me and for those of you who don't well then you'll just have to guess because I'm not about to write about my failures of the past.
The one personal characteristic that will get you through any situation in life I have discovered is confidence. If you have confidence in doing whatever you are doing you will succeed, however for me it's definitely not an easy thing to obtain anymore but I'm going to try and work on that and the only way to do that is to be who I am and yes I realize that is said over and over a million times but they are right.
Now if only I can listen to myself and try and take some of my own advice for once things might come out on the better end of things, "lift up the receiver, I'll make you a believer".
Also, I think two of my all-time favorite quotes easily come from Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind and I shall leave you with both...
"Constant talking is not necessarily communication" - Joel Barish (Jim Carrey)
"How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot. The world forgetting, by the world forgot: Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. Each prayer accepted, and each wish resign'd" -Alexander Pope quoted by Mary (Kirsten Dunst)
What language is it that we try and speak, one of eloquance and beauty, or one of justification and meaning? The only wonderful thing that accompanies language is silence and I know I'm not the first to say that silence is essential but it truly and honestly is the number one means of communication. The ability to sit in silence either with yourself or another individual is key. If this is able to occur without the awkwardness felt in some situations then you have the ability to communicate beyond a greater meaning than language because all language really is are sounds. Who was given the power to decide what a certain sound means in the first place and inevitably not everybody agrees that the same sound has the same meaning, thus the reason we have different languages.
I sometimes imagine what it would like to be deaf because that way my silence would not be seen as "oh he's not enjoying himself, he's so quiet" and my inability to communicate through a spoken language would be justified. However, that is not the case for me so I will continue trying to break down my own communication barriers, which have hindered me in many situations before and in other situations aided me greatly.
The greatest area it has aided me is the happiness that the sound of music brings to me, even if it is sad music in some small way it still brings me comfort. Another area where my ability to not communicate fluently through spoken language is that my ability to listen to others is probably much higher than those who are fluent speakers of language. That is not to say that I still won't be choosy as to who I decide to listen to because some people just aren't worth the time of day to listen too, but those who I do listen too receive my full attention.
The most obvious area where my inability to carry a fluent means of communication through spoken language is quite clear for those of you who know me and for those of you who don't well then you'll just have to guess because I'm not about to write about my failures of the past.
The one personal characteristic that will get you through any situation in life I have discovered is confidence. If you have confidence in doing whatever you are doing you will succeed, however for me it's definitely not an easy thing to obtain anymore but I'm going to try and work on that and the only way to do that is to be who I am and yes I realize that is said over and over a million times but they are right.
Now if only I can listen to myself and try and take some of my own advice for once things might come out on the better end of things, "lift up the receiver, I'll make you a believer".
Also, I think two of my all-time favorite quotes easily come from Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind and I shall leave you with both...
"Constant talking is not necessarily communication" - Joel Barish (Jim Carrey)
"How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot. The world forgetting, by the world forgot: Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. Each prayer accepted, and each wish resign'd" -Alexander Pope quoted by Mary (Kirsten Dunst)
