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John Philipp's avatar

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.

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Grant Faulkner's avatar

Wow, John, that's so amazing. Unfathomable to me. What an interesting experience that must have been. A language fast.

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Isa Catto's avatar

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.

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Grant Faulkner's avatar

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.

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