Beyond Words
This just in from my friend Sabine who has just arrived from Berlin at the Bairo Ling Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal. Liam, her son, is five years old and is there to see about becoming a monk. Sabine writes…
Liam is strolling around with the smaller monks and has made friends already. The monks speak Ladhaki, Liam is talking in German, both sides, so far I can say, not very impressed by the fact that these are regarded as different languages. They obviously have fun.At dinner the other night with Paul and Pauline, friends here on Bowen Island, Pauline was telling us about an exercise she’s used in workshops. Each person recalls something they feel strongly about and then uses total gibberish to communicate that to a partner. She says that a surprising amount of communication gets through, despite the gibberish.
Add to this the following posted this week on the OSLIST…
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe.
It’s all a mix of, well, um, whoa and wow and… hmmm… for one like myself, so… well, you know… with words.