today i was literally smacked over the head repeatedly with experiences across situations which related to the power of language.
1.shared a story with a group this morning that was packed with beautifully adorned images that made the world described real for all of us
2.had a conversation in a car where I completed the phrase phylogeny recapitulates ontogeny, when the first half was supplied by a doctor acquaintance. it has been years since i learned the lovely little nugget and i grinned as i completed the second half successfully. loved being reminded of both the way it rolled off the tongue and the scientific principle underlying it. the connectedness of the species illustrated in the alien like embryos eerily content in their transparent mini-wombs.one phrase and i was back to grade ten science enjoying the nomenclature, the exposure to the lingo that was linked to explaining it all.
3. attended a public speaking competition where young children were strutting their stuff on a makeshift stage, where their first forays into writing in their own voice revealed the inner comic, actress, activist. so incredible to see them experience the power of their own expression, bask in the glow of the effects of their own words on a group of strangers.
4. late afternoon received news that three of my students were having poems published. again words were at the forefront of it all. defining them. standing out as part of a significant moment in their lives.
like i said, hit after hit of this theme of words today. impossible not to see it. pretty powerful to see things filtered like this at the end of the day and all because i've been trying to think about what to write here!
