| Jan. 1st, 2009 @ 07:04 am I am learning e-prime. |
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Or rather, a current interest of mine is the challenge of conducting communications in the the language English Prime, or E-Prime.
For those unfamiliar, e-prime bears all resemblance to the English language except for the fact that it does not include the verb ""to be."
I am in the process of reconfiguring my language so that I will first write in e-prime, then work my way up to speaking in it. Eventually we will see if my internal chatter will still include the verb "is."
I can't say I have any particular desired result for this puzzle, but I do enjoy it as an exercise. I don't think I have any drastic new lessons to learn from this perspective, since I already sit in such a perspectivist position. I believe I have explained to some of you already that the reason I come across as so snobby at times would most likely result from the fact that my strongest opinions are the closest things in my world to facts. I know that I do not ever speak the truth, only my perspective, and even that I exagerate both willfully and not. Perhaps communicating in e-prime will make this internally implicit perspective more evident to others.
This reminds me of my defense to my father from my childhood, when he chided me for not saying thank you to him for something or other. I expalined to him that I was* thankful, that I felt gratitude and therefore did not see the need to express it a thoughtless way. People can't read me like that, nor should I expect them to. Therefore, perhaps this little experiment will make me seem a bit less like a condescending jackass, even if I remain one. It should make clear what I already know, and this clarity is what intrigues me. If I do stay with this system long enough internalize it that may increase inner clarity as well.
I certainly do not intend to maintain this forever. I like "is" far too much, for sentences like "All You Need Is Love" "Everything is ok," "This is all there is," "Love is the Law," etc. But the perspective shift that seems possible does intrigue me. Is is everywhere.
In other news, I have turned in my application for employment to Natural Sound. The owner has asked me to come in for a music knowledge test and interview this weekend. The music tests spans from the 1960's to present. The test taker will play various songs for me and will ask me to identify the artist. I feel no worries, but I must admit that contemporary music is not at all my strong suit. Do any of you all have any suggestions that may help me in studying for this adventure? Particularly you, hacked ? Please wish me luck, my friends, as I would love to get out of corporate clerkhood into locally owned counterstaffing. I would love to sell Art instead of cosmetics, tampons and porkrinds.
Ta-ta from Ha Ha and you lovelies all have a Happy New Year. Let's hope we all see a bit more of each other happier eh? |
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