I really do think that spoken word may be the most unhelpful form of expression in existence. Writing helps you build ideas with words like you build a house with bricks. You can also get away with saying things that would otherwise sound absurd spoken aloud. "Absurd" sounds absurd spoken aloud. At least to me. Music does less to help in the arhcitechtual construction of ideas but does wonders for elevating the soul. Music lets the soul take flight while the rest of you stays on the ground. I don't suppose it gives the soul wings; rather it works more like dumping the ballast out of a hot air balloon, letting the whole of it do what it was meant to do in the first place.
Spoken word is clumsy. Unless what is to be said is prepared ahead of time, which would likely invoke the aid of writing, the expressed thoughts are likely to be unhelpful to the receiver, less coherent, and altogether less believable due to the medium. People will believe just about anything if it's in the form of a song that lets their souls do what they're meant to, and they're more likely to understand when the idea is built and fortified in prose the way the Beaumaris Castle is built and fortified in stone.
As such I ought to write more.
And possibly sing more.
But for now I think I'll focus on the former.
So long as there are things to write about.
Spoken word is clumsy. Unless what is to be said is prepared ahead of time, which would likely invoke the aid of writing, the expressed thoughts are likely to be unhelpful to the receiver, less coherent, and altogether less believable due to the medium. People will believe just about anything if it's in the form of a song that lets their souls do what they're meant to, and they're more likely to understand when the idea is built and fortified in prose the way the Beaumaris Castle is built and fortified in stone.
As such I ought to write more.
And possibly sing more.
But for now I think I'll focus on the former.
So long as there are things to write about.
Just to play devils advocate, the spoken word can also do wonders. Seeing the written phrase "I love you," or "I would rather be with you then be anywhere else," may lift your spirits, but hearing them from someone you love, especially when you can look them in the eyes and see the truth behind them, it can change your whole world. And a well placed, "This will turn out ok," or "I'm here for you, no matter what," though they are not perticularly inspired literary art, cam mean more, make you feel safer, then any novel, couplet, or chorus. The power of the spoken word is not necessarily in what is said but the truth and emotion that is trying to be expressed. So, while it may be more elequent and appealing in written form you can't beat the sincerity that you can see in the eyes, the posture, the tone and intonation of an impassioned conversation.
ReplyDeleteThis is Lindsey, by the way.
I think I can agree with both here...although I have to say I'll always be better at writing out things than I will be speaking them. I never can think of the right things to say at the right moments, and if I try to force it, it comes out all wrong. I can formulate but I can't really articulate well.
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