Hi,
it's all about the feedback. Without some input from the public at large you have no idea if you are spitting into the wind or hitting a target with the bomb. I write for the enjoyment of putting words down. I thank Mrs. Joiner, my grade 9 English teacher at Lawrence Park Collegiate for this pleasure. She loved words. Any words. Mrs. Joiner thought that the pen was mightier than the sword in so many ways, and that there was nothing funnier than a good pun.
What did the salmon say when he swam up to the wall?
"Dam"
See, you laughed, I know you did. Even without me standing beside you, I have the means to make you smile, giggle, cry, think, express, wonder or react... and it only took 'words'. Now THAT is power!
When a speech is delivered, it is always a success when the words being delivered have a meaningful message behind them, or they are funny, or both. Comedians are some of the best writers and speech makers. Lenny Bruce was one of the first modern comics to take humor and try to express his message of anger at the established up-tight society of the time. His messages where usually found shocking, and got him thrown in jail more than once but his delivery of words were what many people feared to say out loud. When the audience heard Lenny scream obscenities about the stupid way government was handling things they roared with laughter. It was what they all wanted to say but didn't the the forum to. Bruce opened up the possibility of getting people to explode about what they locked up inside themselves. He certainly did explode.
Great comedic writers like Steve Allen, George Carlin, Woody Allen, Lewis Black, all have a gift with both seeing the sublime and putting it into humorous writing... but they also made us think. The philosophers of our day are our comedians. They have honed the art of showing the foibles in society, making us aware but at the same time getting to the funny side and causing less harm in doing so. It's all about the words.... so I put them down in this blog. I hope they make you think Mrs. Joiner did an okay job in teaching me about the power of words. It's all about the feedback.
xox
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I'm a frequent flier of your blog. I check in pretty much every day. Sometimes a post hangs out for a while and I find out later that you've been off globe-trotting somewhere. Usually when I arrive here, I find a new treat waiting on me. Something that is purely "Mar". Something you've shared that I treasure. Something that reminds me of dinners, cribbage and conversation. What we share here, whether you realize it or not, is a few moments together. Just the two of us. Sometimes I invite Mark in. But only after we have had a chance to catch up first.
ReplyDeleteSo, here is your feedback this time. You always do Mrs. Joiner proud. While I didn't know Mrs. Joiner, I had my own version. I hope I do as well as you. xo K