Wednesday, May 21, 2008

the study of misunderstanding

why do we misunderstand one another? with the infinie possibilities of a moment multiplied by the infinite possible interpretations of each of those moments, you are forced to ask, how do we manage to understand each other at all? pile on top of that the decietful and self-loathing human heart, it's a wonder we bother trying to communicate in the first place. the desire to communicate stems from the fact that we are all alone in our own worlds, our minds; completely isolated from the rest of the world. if you stop taking the language for granted, you realize it's nothing more than a brave, desperate, and wholly inadequate attempt to bridge this gap between us. language is dead. feelings and emotions are alive. so if we use these dead words to describe our feelings, thoughts, and emotions. we're not really doing them justice. which is why you'll find the best of friends, the luckiest of people, and the most honest of communications within unspoken things. it comes back to our motivation to keep moving forward through time, that being this lack of truth, and our quests single greatest speedbump; ourselves. if the heart is deceitful above all things, then we are lying to ourselves all the time and are damn good at it. so the question ceases to be "are they wrong?" and becomes "am i?"

if memory is the culprit, then time is his boss.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow...definitely something to think about...

Anonymous said...

You know how to ramble :)

theswamphare said...

I must contemplate how this study will find its' place in my philosophy.

kristi noser said...

I disagree. If we can't talk to each other, what's the friggin' point? Of course I could have misunderstood the entire post...

theswamphare said...

Kristi, Shhh!

erin said...

For somebody so frustrated by trying to communicate, you do it very well, though I agree that the most important communications happen without words.
With that in mind, you should know how much this week has meant to me, re-establishing my friendship with you, my brother, the man.
Also, I love words.
They're not dead. They live and breathe.
Shut up.

Kristin said...

Words are meerly symbols, the meaning is not inherent in them. 'Door' means nothing. It is simply our collective agreement that the symbol stands for the closing or portal where we enter rooms and buildings. Sorry Erin.

I reserve the right to read this blog multiple times and in different frames of mind. Much to be gained from these thoughts.