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| The Art Of Thought | Started by: Philosophical_Psycho on Jul 20, '08 21:40 |
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Philosophical_Psycho looks into his bathroom mirror, opening the cabinet he pulls out his medication and swallows it down with a drink from the faucet. Wiping his mouth he throws on his favorite clothes and stumbles out the door. He approaches a street post where he sees a young boy yelling out to the passer-byes that he has newspapers for sale. He cracks a smile at the boy and the the boy runs screaming as so many do these days. Is the art of words lost? Does one not find solace and comfort within the use of verbal expression? I have but stepped upon these shores for short lapse in time. And yet I've see many who would come out to speak and yet use plain and uninspiring words. I ask to you is that the truth of it? The passion and fire of these speeches, the ferocity of words and ideas gone.. I pose a question of sorts, a spark of a discussion in the hopeful fire of progression, to that which i implore you all to shed light upon your wishes and your thoughts. What is the standard of words? Should a man or woman simply step upon the platform and speak simple and plain? Or shall some thought be put into it, almost to make the words cascade off the tongue and into the minds and thoughts of the listeners. To paint a picture with words is to convey the true meaning of that which you speak? So again I ask of you all... Tis better to be blunt as long as others understand, or do you prefer eloquence and touch of class. Should those that speak take the time and thought to put meaning behind what they say? Or is it fine to simply speak as if they are what they are, just words upon ones tongue? Philosophical Psycho hangs his head for a second. Listening to the sounds of cars and the wind he draws in a breath. Without another word he turns and walks on down the street. |
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People have oft commented on my bloodline's eloquent and at times verbose rhetoric. I'm not trying to act as if I'm above anyone in anyway, nor am I trying to act as if I'm smarter than I really am; using unnecessary wordage to cloud an issue. The way I orate is just part of who I am. as I say, I personally speak eloquently if not clearly. I try never to comment when I'm angry or impassioned in the heat of the moment for I fear it can look unprofessional and rash. Equally though, others may feel a kneejerk reaction is the bes way to show your true feelings on an issue, to display frankness by not calculating and weighing your words before uttering them. Your question "What is the standard of words?" is the one which interests me the most. I believe there is not, nor will there ever be, a "standard" of words. It is the unique nature of each speech, the fact that no two orators are the same that keep people at the streets. To invite uniformity and a standard norm is to encourage stagnancy, in my opinion. |
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| Reply by: Branston at Jul 20, '08 21:53 | |
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The fat fellow with the funny hat was stared as the newsboy ran off screaming. He caught some of the words of the philosopher. The fat man was not the smartest of people; he was just muscle. But this man made him think for the first time in awhile, and so Seoul spoke up I am naught but an uneducated man. I left school after the seventh grade, and so maybe it is so that my words are not as good as those of an educated man. I must say this though, regarding what you have said. There are many that walk these shores that do not think hard about what they say; these people are crude, blunt. Of course, the average person can understand these people well, apart from that, they have no merit. As for the folks that do put in the time and effort to think and put a dash of eloquence into their speech, they are those that are usually more respectable. Usually it is like so: those that speak crudely, bluntly are not so well respected as those that put thought into what they say. For a slow man like me, it takes awhile to decipher what these well-educated people have to say sometimes. But I find it worth every second. Seoul removed his hat and twirled it on a finger I am sorry if my words did not make much sense, but I hope you understood what I was driving at. |
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| Reply by: Seoul at Jul 20, '08 21:53 | |
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Honestly, I think that my words aren't very well chosen at times and that my phrases aren't well put together. I wish I could do better but the fact that I have never gone to english school does not help the fact. I do my best, I can understand others that talk in a much more intelligent fashion but I am not able to do the same. Maybe in some time, after a year of english classes and many nights reading the dictionary I will be able to talk within the relm of the beautiful, inspiring and intelligent. But for now, I am but a mere participant of the norm. |
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| Reply by: Risk at Jul 20, '08 22:38 | |
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Sir, I don't believe that there is a standard of words, unless you're referring a level of speaking competence that can convey information without making your audience consider suicide. There are too many excellent manners of speaking to try to apply a single standard to conform them to. I think it's interesting that you perceive a conflict between speaking "simple and plain" and speaking with "some thought". Plain and simple do not equate to unintelligent or thoughtless. I have a brief story that I feel would be appropriate to this discussion. One of my favorite writers, who I'm sure you've heard a great deal about this past decade, is Ernest Hemingway. His style is simple and plain, yet I believe that he will be remembered as one of the greatest American writers. He recently had a squabble with another literary master: William Faulkner, who writes in a much more detailed and complicated fashion. Faulkner apparently disliked Hemingway's simple style, and stated "Ernest Hemingway has never been known to use a word that would send a reader scurrying to his dictionary." Hemingway, in reply, said "Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use." While I personally tend towards more ornate language and verbosity, I would submit that a simple way of speaking tells nothing about a man or woman's level of intelligence, but only their style of communication. Each style has the situation and audience which it is suited best for- there are too many different types of people with their own subjective tastes to declare any one form above another. |
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| Reply by: Dylan at Jul 21, '08 01:32 | |
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