Angelous says she doesn't even like to talk about her bad dreams because talking about them "gives them too much power." Do you think talking about bad dreams or bad news or other bad things (or feeding into "drama" at school or in life) gives those bad things more power? When have you known this to happen?
In response to question three, I do talk about my bad dreams, and bad experiences with my dreaming life and waking life. I believe that it is necessary for growth in some people. I use my bad experiences in art, and in literature since I like the, "Dark" aesthetic. That's probably why I listen to dark ambient and black metal sometimes. Sometimes, when I feed into negative thoughts and feelings it can lead to a cesspool of negativity, and in that case it can be true. You see, thoughts are like a river, it always leads to the sea or a lake at the end.
After going through a major trauma at age seven, Angelou didn't talk for almost five years. Could you live this way? Do you talk too much or too little? What could you learn if you listened more and spoke less? How could you grow as a person by speaking more?
Question five is also a good one! I honestly think that I need to talk more. I apparently have the mental age or maturity of a forty three year-old, so it is hard to relate to some people in our society. Simply because I don't do Vines, I don't like Snap-Chap, I only use Facebook to communicate with my friends and I read about theology way too much. But my life is good with and without talking to people! So I guess I'm good.
Angelou says she is comfortable using six or seven languages; has spoken at one time or another as many as twelve, and has been a teacher of at least three. Are you comfortable using anouther language? Which languages would you like to be fluent in? Why those? Or do you think speaking English is good enough because you live in America and that's all we should need to live here? Why?
Six languages on question six, huh? So far I only know a small bit of Welsh, and I decided to learn Welsh because the flag has a dragon on it and I think that was really cool. That's actually why I learned it. I also like to study the folklore of the place, but that's not the point. If I learned another language, I would learn Hebrew so that I could translate some really cool theological text I want to read.
I like this line, and I think it could be read various ways: "Thoughts are like a river, it always leads to the sea or a lake at the end." I see what you are saying about negativity building and pooling and expanding. I can also see at the end of that river of tightly-wound and trapped thoughts a release into the open water that could be such a relief. You are such a thoughtful and insightful person. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Your mental age or maturity makes you a couple of years older than me! : ) I don't do Facebook or Snapchat either. I'm too private. But I do like the contained world of Instagram.