Translation and perspectives

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam Sat Sangeet and the rest of ya'll,

I've been following your posts on the List re/ perspectives. I had my

own experiences with that this weekend. I went dancing with some friends.

It was cool to dance for the first time in 2 years!!!! We went to a disco

that I've gone to off and on for years and always had a good time there.

There were the requisite number of tweaks and freaks, as one would expect in

any big ol gay disco. Their presence bothered me more than usual, but I

figured it was me just getting old. After about an hour we took a break

from the floor, grabbed a drink and sat down for a rest. As I looked around

it suddenly dawned on me that there were very few genuine people there.

Just about everyone was on the make or on the take, almost no one of the

open faced friendly types, like me. It was interesting that I had an

unintended entourage. One of the girls I was with pointed out how there

were a group of guys who kept following me around but would never actually

approach me. Like Moths drawn to the Light?

Then yesterday I was walking past a local Tribal shop (clothing and

nik-nak's) and a bunch of people were out front on the lawn. Most had

instruments and they were having a big Reggae street jam. Stranger

gathered, danced, shopped and made new friends. There were almost no

UNgenuine people there. Nobody seemed to be up to an agenda of any sort.

We all just reveled in the joy of a gorgeous day and good music. I had a

MUCH better time there than the disco.

I'm not sure about what part of the brain sign language acquisition

uses. I do know that most deaf kids don't usually learn to read and write

till their teens because the language acquisition process is different.

Since I lost my hearing later in life I didn't have that problem. As Sat

Sangeet said, ASL is a very image driven and subtle language which seeks to

create an image, an impression or a mood. To illustrate the sublty of the

language, if you're signing and the other person twitches their nose like a

rabbit, it means, "yeah, yeah, go on, tell me more." I really have to let

go of my linear thinking and take the plunge when I sign and go for the more

gestalt-like experience in communication. You're right, that does sound

alot like the Shabd! While we don't make up mantras with the facility that

the Deaf have with sign language, they do both bring more of the essential

me into the conversation.

In fact, I started to learn Sign long before I lost hearing because I

watched someone in church praying in sign and I thought it was the most

beautiful thing I'd ever seen. I still do alot of my praying in sign, I

feel that more of me is behind the prayer that way.

Just went back and reread some things and realized one thing I'd

forgotten, it's damn near impossible to tell a lie in sign language.

Perhaps because of the level of body language observation, but the Deaf will

cry foul almost every time

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Oh that's so neat...Leo,

I love a change of perspective and an opportunity to be genuinely you!

I was really laughing about "twitching the nose" meaning Yeah yeah go on! I

myself, am a really "bigbody talker"! I heard a student once, telling

another new student in one of my classes, that "I" teach with my eyes

close....the first thing that popped into my head with that comment was..How do

you know? your eyes are supposed to be closed too! BUT...If they did open

there eyes, they would get quite a show!...because the whole time I'm speaking,

I'm acting out what I am speaking about with my hands and arms....I find it

really helps me get into the flow of what it is I'm trying to express! Ha Ha!

Communication is an interesting subject...I love talking about it.

Sat Sangeet

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