Interesting...

Saved somewhere on the laptop I have something I started writing quite a while back called "Talk v Communication". I believe it began as an email that I never sent, and was going to adapt into a blogpost, but never did. My contention was/is that there is a distinct difference between "talking" and "communicating", but when brought up in discussion, my point was met with a quizzical expression on the other end. Same deal in a conversation with a different person regarding my opinion that there is a difference between "knowing" and "understanding". I know that I tend to look at things on a deeper level, but maybe it is simply because I place too much value on the actual words? I don't know. Anyways, the other night, in between Sudoku and looking at stuff online, I came across an interesting article regarding communication. More specifically, it related to a study of the use of certain small or seemingly insignificant but useful words in communications that reflect a person's personality. Apparently there is a book out, but you can read about the basic premise here.  It had this to say about the author:

"His earlier work found that keeping secrets can make people sick. This work led to his discovery that people could improve their physical and mental health by writing about their deepest secrets, which is now widely known as expressive writing. Most recently, he's become intrigued by how people reveal themselves in their everyday spoken and written language."

Interesting.

On Thursday Sep 22 2011 536pm I wrote this:

This morning when I woke up I had the idea of “Fundamental Me”... who I lost along the way. Just now, I thought of something .... sitting here freezing cold, in the darkening day, alone... The silent soul is the one that screams the loudest.

(On the site that I linked to there are even a few"exercises" to try, but I only did one of them.)