Words….. Honestly this podcast was a confusing one to me. Since I am fluent in sign language, the story about the man who couldn’t speak really grabbed my attention, his miming and focus on the women was interesting to me. When I began learning sign language, my thoughts went from images, to me looking at myself signing what I was learning. How does that even happen, the way I thought about words changed from the word and its meaning, to an image of a person making a hang gesture and this now being my reality of the word. Little did I know, two years after I began learning sign language, would I be diagnosed with a hearing disorder that would cause me to go deaf for periods of a time. This made me realize the importance of words. Listening to the “pod-casters” talk about is language important or necessary after Jill Bolte said that she enjoyed the silence, made me want to jump through my headphones and scream, DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING?!?!?! When I first lost my hearing in High School, I was so afraid, I had no way to explain to my parents, who don’t know sign language, what was going on but just scream, because I didn’t realize I was screaming, that I couldn’t hear. Without my words, my connection to the world was lost. After listening to Words by Radio Lab, I listened to 60 Words by Radio Lab, which pretty much explains the importance and weight of words and what words we use, by Discussing the bill that Former President Bush wanted through congress so he could take action after 9/11. Between words and 60 words, my opinion has grown so much in the importance and weight of words. Even if those words come in gestures that flash through the mind of those without words.
Sep 082016