Imagine the
following:
A young mobile
phone addict happens upon my blog post and says:
“Yes, I’m game, I’ll
‘speak words to’ someone. You know, meaningful words.”
Trouble is, he can’t think of any meaningful words to speak. The whole idea being so foreign.
Here’s the answer:
Take a word form
that is infinitely larger than the 20 seconds of topic matter that is the
average consumed bite of content on the mobile phone – and binge.
As in “speak words”
from these two must-read novels.
When it comes to
meaningful words you can’t do any better than “Gateway to the Moon” by Mary
Morris (my wife) and “The Overstory” by Richard Powers.
Do that, feel the
rhythm in the sentences, the mystical courage in the belief in the power, the
beauty of the human soul.
It’s a helluva
start to getting to a place where you can't help but speak meaningful words.
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