Comments on: talk http://justparker.com/blog/talk/ exploring the details (and trying to be kind) Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:24:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric Klein http://justparker.com/blog/talk/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Eric Klein Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:53:17 +0000 http://justparker.com/blog/?p=709#comment-222 Beautiful, artful, funny, sad, and true. Thank you for sharing this poem. It seems like the declarative sentences began drifting into questions in the 1970s with "Valley girl" speak which ended every sentence with a questioning tone of voice. Instead of the authoritative "drop" in tone, a la Walter Cronkite, the voice pitched upward and left the listener hanging . . . in an space. There's something beautiful about wonder, openness, and questioning. But, only when alternating with commitment, focus, and risk. Without these other qualities, wondering turns into wandering aimlessly . . . you know? Beautiful, artful, funny, sad, and true. Thank you for sharing this poem.

It seems like the declarative sentences began drifting into questions in the 1970s with “Valley girl” speak which ended every sentence with a questioning tone of voice. Instead of the authoritative “drop” in tone, a la Walter Cronkite, the voice pitched upward and left the listener hanging . . . in an space.

There’s something beautiful about wonder, openness, and questioning. But, only when alternating with commitment, focus, and risk. Without these other qualities, wondering turns into wandering aimlessly . . . you know?

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