Communication
I am continually amazed at how many means of communication there are. Just think - a slight rise in the voice at the end of a sentence means it's a question. A slight lifting of one side of the mouth shows contempt. When my brother's telling a joke or playing a trick, he purses his lips trying not to smile. A tiny crease next to the eyes can show amusement. No to mention the myriad languages, and the range of media from speaking to writing to dancing to singing to art and poetry and mime. So many methods, so many things that aren't spoken. Communication apart from words is so crucial that we find it difficult sometimes to tell the true meaning from an email - the 'tone of voice' is missing, so we use emoticons and smileys to try and communicate more richly.
We have to revert to smileys because communication is more what the receiver receives than what the supplier supplies. It's only what makes it across the great divide (the sar-chasm) between my idea and my friend's opinion that can be called a part of the conversation. Sometimes, despite our best efforts with words, gestures, smileys even, nothing can cross the breach. But there can be times when, in a small and seemingly arbitrary event a great deal is communicated. One example happened to me a few years ago.
I had an idea in my head for a drawing - something encouraging to show people (at that time, myself mostly) that movement happens: that the things I struggle with now, I will conquer one day. Though some issues seem huge and towering above me now, one day the view from the top of that cliff with be further and greater because of the height that has been ascended. To show that when you conquer unbelief, the reward is attaining faith, and so on. This is what I imagined: (push the read more button below...).
- Posted by flyingkiwi on 23/06/2006.
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