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Letter to Clemetson on Why Talk Is Cheap
Fredrick Zydek
Dear Nate: Words are like bells. They either
become part of the music, announce something
about to happen, or drown out polite conversation.
Think about all the words that ask questions even
though they sound like proclamations and great
truths. And what is the value of a term like I Believe
if what is believed can not be proven or understood?
What would happen if someone could draw out
the anatomy of swearing? No gems of praise
or building-up there, just terms that condemn,
dismiss or devalue - words from our lizard place.
Look how often we are quick to say what we think
when we know damn well we haven’t taken any time
to consider the subject or reflect upon certain of its
valid alternatives. Note how eager we are to say things
are either this or that when experience has already
taught us that most things are this and that - combinations,
communities in which a vast array of options wait to be
freed from first impressions and just what meets the eye.
Try to remember that words are nothing more than noises
we make - verbal symbols, that try their best to explain
what awareness is, what it means to come to terms with
what and who we are in a monocular sense while looking
at the differences between what appears to be sacred and
what is clearly as scary as waking to the teeth of a tiger.
