Spoken Word

 

Spoken word

There comes a time in the world when we need to use spoken words to communicate our way through a situation, we need to make clear a point or feel the need to have our point made. Some of us are very well-spoken with the words rolling off the tongue flawlessly and are able to manipulate with great intent the result we are looking for through persuasive speaking. But what about the written word? Does it hold the same weight and message to hold up our side of the story, our perspective, or our outlook on the situation? Our body language holds our words high or throws them slamming to the ground with one swift movement of a hand, how awe-inspiring. Who knew my handshake could change the way my words are perceived by the receiver or the look stowed upon my face could ultimately find me caught defending myself. Is there a cultural difference between you and me that could change your thoughts into deceived perceptions of another being?

The Written Word although powerful in its own entity, poured through heart and soul to communicate a story on paper; long, short, brief, to the point with great intent to be known by the reader. But how are words so lost in translation on the page? Did we write them wrong? Or were our thoughts cloudy when we wrote the story we wanted the world to hear? Maybe the reader has a preconceived thought when they opened the book and they are in turn interpreting my words wrong. How lost can they be that the smile upon my face and overabundance of joy at this moment did not make it in expression to the words you read. Did the thoughts jumble in your space that they appear skipped through and misguided to the end where the subject is now twisted to conform to the way you want to believe? Am I as powerful as you in my attempt to write a story as you are to speak the story?