To cognizantly try and express the way one feels is an effort in futility. The very act of language and interpretation runs contrary to basic and fundamental human nature. Nature being the key word here. No matter what people try to convey to one another, it will never be received and experienced the way in which the person who was trying to do the conveying intended. Conveyance of ideas and feelings and beliefs cannot hope to be achieved by any person the way nature has built us. Turning chemical reactions and internal neuron firings into segmented, regimented vocal (sound wave) symbolisms for objective representation can never hope to fully convey the intended feeling. People are isolated, but are forced to try and communicate still.
This is why, when often confronted with writing as a means of necessary conveyance, we all will fall short. And it easily becomes a basis by which to understand much of human social behavior(s).
Seeking solace through written language is ultimately futile because it fails to appropriately explain human emotion or feeling or experience.
And it is at times like this that all efforts for spoken language seem irrelevant.
Yet, despite the shortcomings of expression, writing and art (as it is labeled), are the only concrete means by which to attempt inter-personal relation(s).
If this be so, then the power of written, not written, but say, concrete imagery becomes apparent; if it is the only means for true communication.
Some people can just inspire and inform you.
And how acknowledging and accepting what someone presents as concrete idea-forms, is what gives it power. Everyone's unique interpretation changes the amount of power concrete idea-forms can hold.
This is why, when often confronted with writing as a means of necessary conveyance, we all will fall short. And it easily becomes a basis by which to understand much of human social behavior(s).
Seeking solace through written language is ultimately futile because it fails to appropriately explain human emotion or feeling or experience.
And it is at times like this that all efforts for spoken language seem irrelevant.
Yet, despite the shortcomings of expression, writing and art (as it is labeled), are the only concrete means by which to attempt inter-personal relation(s).
If this be so, then the power of written, not written, but say, concrete imagery becomes apparent; if it is the only means for true communication.
Some people can just inspire and inform you.
And how acknowledging and accepting what someone presents as concrete idea-forms, is what gives it power. Everyone's unique interpretation changes the amount of power concrete idea-forms can hold.
1 comment:
Interesting concept. I understand what you're saying. As we're trading information, how we see any thought concept in our heads can never be transferred, exactly, through the medium of written or verbal communication. Even if we're as clear and concise about what we say, it can never be truly shared as we see it.
Everything we pick up is filtered through our own minds, shaped by our own experiences and brain structure, and so the viral information is never seen the same way between more than one person.
Everything is relative; everything is slaved to perspective.
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