they say... i say

Everyone hears about America being the land of the oppurtunity. Everyone wants to come here to better themselves and thier situation. But even though no has ever said it, it appears to me that this idea about America comes with price. A lot of countries (I am not entirely sure if this till is the case) view America as the land of milk and honey. But this country sometimes seems to be as close to this ideal as Egypt was right before huge bodies of water were coming apart to faciliatate the process of moving.

It is very easy to get caught up in the message that is present within in these words. What is not so easy is seeing the message that seems to be apparrent behind them. In the "The land of oppurtunity" message it is easy to see how the words can be viewed in two different way.They say to come work here and get paid, and then your life will get better. The work starts and simultaneously the dream starts to become true. As dreams are coming to fruitition you notice you are spending a lot of money to fertilize these dreams and make them grow to everything you want them to be. More work is necessary to get new things, credit gets involved, and then eventually slavery starts taking shape in the form of debt management and your dire reliance on the job that you hold, until finally the dream turns into a nightmare that makes waking up that much worse.

It is easy to see how Language can take the advantage of what people desire. Language can be the wolf in sheeps clothing for some. this is example is just one extreme. Of course some people can manage to pull themselves out of ruts and come out of the other side with nothing but riches or seriously just make that dream come true and have no idea about what a nightmare is. Then there are some who avoid bad situations like this altogether, but it it makes me question whether or not these people live in fear. Its a very thin line between frugality and fear.

It is important to be attentive about the kind of messages that are delivered regularly to the masses. it is imperitive that the listener knows what is behind these words and especially who it is that is delivering them and what they are trying to achieve. Only the strong survive. The wolves eat the sheep. But the wolves are quite full of themselves. They don't know that some shepards nowadays come well versed in the art self defense. Know that some words try to pull wool over the eyes.

This is just an example of how language can be used to inspire something in us. When it comes to the really visceral topics, its usually hot or cold. You either like it or you don't. Language can be molded in way to that plays to either side. Hear this! and do with it what you want.

Whats the situation?

The first post ever. Allow me to start off by saying that I am very new to this form of media. I have heard a lot about blogs but the entire of scope of the whole movement somehow managed to evade my intellectual prowess. I knew a few people a while back that had "live journal" accounts but i never really got to interested. This was back while I was still rather young mentally (not to say that i am an adult when it comes to learning or life in general. when it comes to this i will always be young at heart) and back in those times i was still rather judgmental about people and about engaging in activities that appeared to only attract the kind of people that just quite frankly, acted as if being depressed and having an elitist mentality was the only way to get by in this lifetime. But now here I am with a new understanding of what the culture is about and a with a vigor to "voice" my own thoughts and understandings about many aspects of our society and human civilization as a whole.

As of right now, i firmly believe that communication is the rocket that boosts human beings into the upper reaches of a heaven that some refer to as the mind. Every aspect of our society would be in hellish environment of confusion and chaos if communication was suddenly shut down. Especially right now when most people rely on the internet and most of thier livelihoods are controlled via a few clicks of the mouse and the waiting of a downlaoding webpage. Lets take it a step further though. What would you do if after you were done reading this, whatever it was that created us or if some gene in the human species made it so that all forms of human communication came to a dead halt... instantly. I'm talking down to the core. Not like what if the electricity goes out. I am saying your brain suddenly becoming incapable of executing the action of expressing itself to everything around it. What would happen? I think that human race would die off in the period of a couple of years but thats just me. Communication is the foundation of the human race. It is essential. It is what has gotten us to where we are. It is our means of life.

Language, to me is the most basic and common form of human expression. And in age where unique skill seems to be the driving factor in achieving success, it is easy to overlook the fact that this common trait inherent in all of mankind (and/or womankind) is what has driven the human civilization as whole to where it is today. Progression depends on langauge in order to get to that next level. Skill needs language in order to get noticed. Not everyone can get a sense of understanding by looking at a painting, just the same as not everyone can get moved my a musical compostition. But almost everyone on this planet can understand speech in every way shape or form it comes in. Some things are harder to explain than others, but if people put in the effort and try to understand the language, some sense of understanding will come be it an understanding of what is being talked about, or an understanding that you do not understand what is being talked about. Its all enlightenment.

My little hole in the internet will revolve around language and its power on the human race. It is a prevalent force in our everyday life whether you want to acknowldge it or not. I am going to further my understanding of language by looking into how others communicate thier thoughts to everyone else while picking up on techiniques and styles and admiring what language ultimately does and that is bring people together, even though there is some language out ther that brings them apart(or does it?) we'll find out.....