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| By ashley.adcox |
It's like another personality takes over, the one that was always trying to impress the teachers back in school, the essay voice, the term paper voice, the journal voice. It's like we've been put under a spell, the English Teacher's Curse, which has left us voiceless.
My Thursday Two Questions to you are:
Under what conditions do you find yourself voiceless?
When does your voice come out loud and clear?
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21 comments:
It's hard to find me voiceless. I grew up thinking my name was "chatterbox". :-) Sometimes something touches me so deeply that words fail me.
My words come out loud and clear when I am defending a person or thing, particularly an underdog. Some times I find that I must defend someone from themself.
Hmmm, in my country the youngest child is mostly talkative. I Am That Youngest Blah-Blah Kid. I grew up talking to people and, uhm, 'beings'. So voiceless is quite something that I have to process. I guess I am voiceless when I'm in a meeting and I am trying to temper and measure my words for clarity, for greater meaning, or serve a purpose.
I am most loud and clear at home where everybody and everything (animals and plants included) know and understand me. ;-)
absolute joy makes me voiceless.
when i'm standing up for something, my voice comes out loud and clear.
Any absolute emotions will very much make me voiceless.. LOL.. I am very much mute in reality though..
When I am with animals or with kids, that is when my voice is loud and clear.. :)
Hi Judy. I hope to remember your comment when I come up with new characters for my fiction. By that I mean, having an otherwise chatty person become absolutely quiet to show she has been touched emotionally. Or have a quiet character speak up in defense of an underdog. Thanks for sharing.
I am voiceless when it comes to my mother. It is taught that you can't talk back. Plus since I have to see her, I don't want uncomfortableness.
With my daughter, because I want to give it my all, teach her everything I know...as time progresses of course.
Hi Lui. You said you sometimes find yourself voicelss during a meeting and when you're trying to temper and measure your words for greater clarity. I compare that to when a writer faces a blank page and starts to temper and measure his or her words in a similar way. That's when the inner censor comes in and sometimes steals the writer's voice. The writing comes out fluidly (sometimes even clearly) when the writer "chatters" on the page and saves revision for later.
Hi Luna. As I told Judy, I need to remember your comments for my future characters. When to have them say nothing at all, for instance, and when to have them voice their opinion loudly and clearly. Joy would leave them voiceless. Dialogue would come to a complete stop, telling the reader more by silence than any number of words. Though when standing up for someone my character loves, well that would be different all together.
Hi Krislin. Animals and children have a way of bringing out the best in us. Suddenly we lose all self-consciousness and allow ourselves to express our true selves. I have a friend who was a host on a television show. I knew her so well that I could tell she was extremely nervous at first. Stiff and uptight are two words that come to mind. Then one morning, a guest from the animal shelter brought a dog into the studio. While interviewing the guest and petting the dog, my friend became her true, friendly self. After that I told her, "Whenever you're feeling nervous, think of the dog." It worked.
Hi Self Sagacity. My mother used to marvel at how I became a "different" person with my granddaughters. I was constantly saying "I love you" and hugging and kissing them, something we didn't do growing up. What a happy turn this was in my life! Thank God for babies and children.
1. It's funny because I can blab away on this meme yet I find myself voiceless when talking about myself. I don't know why, it's always been difficult for me.
2. When I am talking about someone or something I am passionate about, then my voice is loud and clear.
Hello Poetic Shuterbug. I think all the commentors agree on one thing so far. We have no problem finding our voices when we're passionate about something. Maybe that's the trick in writing, too. Write about what you're passionate about and your voice will come out loud and clear.
I find myself voiceless when I'm deeply hurt! And my voice comes out loud and clear after I had time to think and plan on what I want to say!
Icy BC. Wish we always had time to think and plan ahead, so we'd be prepared with an loud and clear answer, when instead, we often find ourselves voiceless. Maybe that's why I enjoy writing. With careful planning, I can give my characters the "voice" I often lack.
1- I also find myself voiceless if someone hurts me. I do the silent treatment for awhile and then I speak about my perception of the hurt.
2- If anyone hurts a child I will be heard around the world.
Hi Donnie. Yes, sometimes the silent treatment is the only way to go. Give the hurt some space, so one can talk about it more reasonably later (if at all). And I agree. Anyone hurts a child, watch out.
I worked as a sales rep for two very large corporations for many years so very little leaves me speachless. Being involved in a discussion that turns into a rant will usually make me go silent.
Any injustice will really get me going.
Hi SquirrelQueen. As a past sales rep for two large corporations, I bet you have interesting stories to tell. When a discussion turns to a rant, not only do I become silent, but I usually make a quick exit if at all possible.
As always, it is fun to read others' responses too. I am loving all these provocative and soul searching questions from TTQuestions! Smiles.
1) If I'm scare of someone, I'm voiceless..
2) My voice becomes loud and clear if someone hurt my child.
Thanks Margaret for these thoughtful questions. Looking forward to see more next week!
Hi DoanLegacy. It's amazing how our voice suddenly comes out full force when we forget about ourselves and defend something or someone else, especially a child.
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