Words, Symbols and Language

Today, while driving to present the Sunday talk at Center for Spiritual Living White Plains I listened to 'RadioLab' on WNYC. As a student of symbols, words and communication I was amazed by the story 'Words that Change The World'. In the first 10 minutes Susan Schaller describes her experience working with a deaf 27 year old man as he first experienced language. It's an inspirational and revealing listen. At the end of her section, Schaller asks "What happens when we get symbols and we start trading symbols? It changes our ideas". The total segment is 30 minutes and is described on the site. Schaller's 1995 book is 'A Man WIthout Words' . I've just reserved it from the library. I plan to append this post with a section I am planning on 'The Emergence of Spring'.

Double Use

This poem, inspired at Ramapo Reservation, is on One Forest Many Trees - a blog about nature. It describes a lesson in beauty and faith. I am posting it here for double use-- Grass with Dew