Tuesday, November 29, 2022

life: a linguistic adventure

i read that the four main languages are manderin, spanish, hindi & english & i thought man if i could master these languages i could read most of the world's poetry

but what about icelandic, swedish, xhosa, estonian et al. how about those languages each a rocket ship full of poetries as well 

i despair that i shall never get to read all that i wanted to not because of poetry's abundance but because i am a limited human being that has only so many hours to live on this planet

in a way that's why i embrace technology for sure it doesn't make our lives simpler & easier but i can watch video hear audio of languages that i'll never understand as i know my own Inglish 

to watch/listen to poets in their own tongue to see their facial expressions their hand gestures well what would you give to have the opportunity to see keats read his poems on youtube or in an interview explain negative capability

so in a way language is cinematic 

so in a way poetry is found in the 1s & 0s of binary codes

furthermore i am still able to daydream but when i am doing something anything i have an inner dialog going on i process the world into words

Inglish for sure but i am part of our human being i will never know but i can try & i do watch video & listen to audio of our poets in their own words even so for i am a citizen of the republic of poetry that knows no borders

much in the way that i would rather watch a film with subtitles rather than dubbed into Inglish unless the movie is a cheapjack HK kung fu flick with terrible editing horrible acting & with kicks that go all the way up 

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