Language
Language. We use our eyes. We use our fingers. We use our heads, our mouths, we use our bodies. We use our hands, use tools, we use silence. It is what Homo Sapien earned and learned over time, lifting itself into and creating a communicative world. The yearning, the need, the ideas, the sounds, the shapes, the assignments, the repetition; eventually understood by others. It is the foundation for all community.
It can allure. It can alert. It can comfort it can calm. It can frighten, it can teach. It can coerce and deceive. It can entertain.
It has ushered humanity into civilization. It has hunted, painted and domesticated animals and vegetation. It has borne villages and chiefs; has given birth to barter and trade. It has given root to structure and law; has created dynasties and empires. It invented banking, libraries and institutions of learning. It has made history.
It can be translated. It is universal.
It can be sung. Spoken language in itself is a form of music. It takes place in time and space as do melodies. It possesses pitch, rhythm and dynamics. It can be recorded in musical notation universally understood. (I would give you an example if I had the right software.)
It is essential for order.
Beyond practical it is mostly wonderful. Think of the joy we share gathered together with family and friends; the laughter and the understanding, and even the hurt. Realize the artistry.
Find yourself in a modern day airport; thousands of people in the same place, almost none of which are verbally talking to each other, virtually all of them thumbing away on their electronic devices. It is a form of communication on an unprecedented scale, perhaps necessary. Could we be in threat of losing our skills in speaking?
Language. We use our eyes. We use our fingers. We use our heads, our mouths, we use our bodies. We use our hands, use tools, we use silence. It is what Homo Sapien earned and learned over time, lifting itself into and creating a communicative world. The yearning, the need, the ideas, the sounds, the shapes, the assignments, the repetition; eventually understood by others. It is the foundation for all community.
It can allure. It can alert. It can comfort it can calm. It can frighten, it can teach. It can coerce and deceive. It can entertain.
It has ushered humanity into civilization. It has hunted, painted and domesticated animals and vegetation. It has borne villages and chiefs; has given birth to barter and trade. It has given root to structure and law; has created dynasties and empires. It invented banking, libraries and institutions of learning. It has made history.
It can be translated. It is universal.
It can be sung. Spoken language in itself is a form of music. It takes place in time and space as do melodies. It possesses pitch, rhythm and dynamics. It can be recorded in musical notation universally understood. (I would give you an example if I had the right software.)
It is essential for order.
Beyond practical it is mostly wonderful. Think of the joy we share gathered together with family and friends; the laughter and the understanding, and even the hurt. Realize the artistry.
Find yourself in a modern day airport; thousands of people in the same place, almost none of which are verbally talking to each other, virtually all of them thumbing away on their electronic devices. It is a form of communication on an unprecedented scale, perhaps necessary. Could we be in threat of losing our skills in speaking?
