I once spent six months without language as a deconditioning exercise. No music with words, no reading, no media, no conversation, just me in a lovely rented cabin in the Berkshires.
I viewed it as an experiment to reboot my mind. I noticed an increased ability to conceptualize without words. Changed my life.
This is fascinating. I listen to podcasts, books, music while I paint-- my waking moments are crowded with language. All of this listening is for my own "education" but rethinking what education is.
I once spent six months without language as a deconditioning exercise. No music with words, no reading, no media, no conversation, just me in a lovely rented cabin in the Berkshires.
I viewed it as an experiment to reboot my mind. I noticed an increased ability to conceptualize without words. Changed my life.
Wow, John, that's so amazing. Unfathomable to me. What an interesting experience that must have been. A language fast.
This is fascinating. I listen to podcasts, books, music while I paint-- my waking moments are crowded with language. All of this listening is for my own "education" but rethinking what education is.
I bet you're especially tuned into unlanguaging in your paintings, Isa.
I think you're right, though: too often we privilege language as our primary educational tool. It's odd for me to say that as a writer.