Yes, this post is going to be a
direct explanation of a question on everyone’s mind.. Call it egoistic, call it
what you may. But in effect I hope to lead into some food for thought.
One reason branches out from the
reason why the famous quote “Look before you leap”. At most occasions it is
essential to plan out what is to be said. Sadly, though I am an advocate of
such a obvious reasoning, I cannot claim to be one who practices it. Most
conversations which take place involve sharing ideas as they come. Now these
ideas, might be sudden and being created dynamically. In that case, as the idea
evolves the sentences begin to vary with them. In most cases the observation is
that the beginning of the sentence might not even have any connect or even
contradict the end. This is mostly since I might have thought up an idea,
analyzed it and refuted it. All this while, I would be stating the idea as it
builds. By, around the 4th sentence you will see the confusion as
the words come out while the idea is being refuted. And so by the end, you have
no idea what I just said. Don’t feel bad, I admit, more often than not I don’t too.
But along with the complete thought process in mind, all the pieces fall into
place. Sadly, or maybe not most of my posts follow the same format.
Now moving into the food for
thought, sometimes it so happens that the sentences are appended with clauses
or conditions or explanations which are obvious. It is the characteristic attribute and the
proud differentiating factor for human beings from animals to be unique. (No
offense, animal lovers and alien believers). With such an individualistic
nature floating around you, and keeping that in mind, it becomes all the more
necessary to assume that any action, any word or any thought can be interpreted
in umpteen number of ways. These interpretations stem from the past, the
present and the future. A person’s experience directs him to decipher the
meaning of a sentence in his/her own manner. Being aware of this possibility is
truly hell. Since at each word it requires that you estimate the percentage of
listeners who would interpret it the way you want it, the percentage who take
it optimistically and worse the share that take it negatively. Now, analyzing this
as you go requires you to add words, clauses, “buts and ands”, just to ensure
that a path is given so that the right destination is attained.
I’d like to visualize a
conversation as guided tour. The only thing known is the beginning. Now, to
reach a destination there are many ways. Taking an Indian context, deciding the
way, goes through evaluating criterion such as bad roads, bad crowd, bad
timing, good amount of traffic, bad weather and worse roads. In such
circumstances, the trip becomes more important than the source and destination.
It so happens, that even the destination is evaluated by the worth of the
route. Now mapping back to a
conversation, it is required that the right route be given to give the right
experience. So, those explanations and add-on sentences are just to make the
listener’s experience of the entire conversation a more wholesome one. And at
times, even if desperately attempted, a more entertaining one.
Besides, all this , there is also
the simple explanation. I just like talking! J
NB : No listeners were hurt, in
the making of this post. Readers, I can’t speak for you yet.
