We\nmake meaning through storytelling<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\ntell stories through language<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\nform language through words<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But\nwhat we say far exceeds words, language and stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s\nwhy I formed the idea of the \u201cembodied\nsensing of meaning<\/em>\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But\neven this remains a vague and merely academic notion if it doesn\u2019t capture what\nwe say and do not say<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nunsaid<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nspace between what we experience, and what we put into words. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nspace beyond words<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond\nlanguage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m\nstill trying to put this idea into unreliable words<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trying\nto taste the right words<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\ntherapy I would encourage clients to \u201cfind\nthe words that work<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nwords that are as close as possible to the experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As\nclose to the bone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of\npain, of joy, of vulnerability, of desperation, of hope, of trauma<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To find the language of your body<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But\nwe use words so randomly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lacklustrely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blunt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brutal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not\ncaring where they fall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\nthey say<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who\nthey hit<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\nlost the ability <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To\nrole a little stone word in our mouth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around\nour tongue<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And\nsay it only after we tasted <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its\nshape, its form, its texture, its meaning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\nreminds me of that striking title of that beautiful book<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lost language of cranes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lost language of bodies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note:\nIn the next few blogs I shall unpack the connection between the body, words,\nlanguage, what we say and how we make meaning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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