Henry Miller quote

[shaunus4]

"We clutter the earth with our inventions, never dreaming that possibly they are unnecessary--or disadvantageous. We devise astounding means of communication, but do we communicate with one another? We move our bodies to and fro at incredible speeds, but do we really leave the spot we started from? Mentally, morally, spiritually, we are fettered.

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[gelflyng]

I got into a debate with a friend just the other night about how I feel the increase of technology and conveniences has actually contributed to at least the mental and social devolution of the human race. I've long suspected that the failure to communicate is one of the main things at the root of it all. Someone once said that communication is only entirely what the other person gets from what you say - anything else, wasted words. In the context of communication, LJ is terrible for it for we don't know who is reading it let alone how they've read it... and slowly, through misuse, we become unpracticed listeners and become unpracticed at making meaningful connections with people. And so it seems more and more people think it's normal to neck a load of drugs to replicate that warm, fuzzy, and confident feeling you get when you don't feel alone in your own head.

[shaunus4]

Amen. Forced to speak in the words used up by commercials..

A new friend taught me something good last week - when people talk in abstractions and fail to communicate, pull them back to experience. So if I speak of my ideas of love ask me instead about my experiences of that of which I speak, and witness the change. A fine device for reconnecting people which had never been made explicit in me before x

[gelflyng]

I myself have a long way to go still to improve communication in the context of my personal life... but that surely can only come with making the opportunities for that to happen. It really makes you assess who you'd really like to spend time with and who has given you enough reason to believe they're interested in you as a person. Workwise - it's a lot more simple, cos I know exactly the people I need to talk to and make things happen with. I've had this el-gay for years now and I can't honestly say it has illuminated me in the faintest to who likes and respects my take on things...

Making people talk about their experiences is really great. I can definitely say that I learn a hell of a lot more about a person through one debrief session than I have with some friends whom I've read their LJs for for years.

May 2007 be a year where there'll be more opportunities (created for and sought from) the people I care about and like for some meaningful sharing.

Hey, Rayn?

[anonymous]

Hi all!

G'night

Re: Hey, Rayn?

[shaunus4]

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