Noisy world of No Noise

Zingy,

I have an incident to narrate to explain what you are feeling. Almost 13yrs ago we were living in Turkey and had decided to take a vacation to the interior regions. We reached our destination but did not know hot to go to the actual place, so approached a stranger and asked him. He politely indicated in signs that he will lead us - we were used to people telling things in signs for they didnot speak English and we didnot speak Turkish! But this gentleman surprised us when he politely got on the bus, took us all the way (about an hours travel) and left us where we wanted. During this one hour our conversation continued in sign languages and we realised that he actually was really mute. Trust me if I say this was the best conversation we have had in Turkey - by the end of that ride, we had seen his family pictures, he had written down his address, pointed out sights of interest, taken the guide book from our hand and pointed out what to read and all that.....so I do personally understand the energy you are speaking of for there is communication really happening there and not just banter.

Thanks to your post, I could share a much cherished exprience.

 

zingy,
Sign language, I don't know about that till I came over here and saw that they were taught in the Kindergarten class..the alphabets in sign language. Those are interesting subtle gestures on hand and I also tried some, in an enthu..with the diagram as the guide.
Your post is making think to search for that small paper and know the alphabets once again.

I also know a family here, where the mom communicates with her son, in sign language. In TV's too.. the evangelists..have some people in their group,and it is shown as PIP (picture in picture) style to communicate with those who cannot hear.

Sriniketan

 

Zingy,

I am sure you have seen the silent indian national anthem , and you are moved and even stand up in attention without your knowledge. what the voice could not achieve..and there is another speech (well noise that made me spell bound and left me speechless and even others silence..) though it is not in context here. The girl who silenced the world for 5 min! Must watch. - YouTube

I have been in close quarters of a deaf and dumb person, a brother of a classmate. there is something so serene about the communication that touched a few chords when i was a student, to the extent i picked up a few signs that faded with time.

the silence in the silence speaks more than the noise of the world..

 

Shanthi, thank you for that beautiful link to silent Indian National Anthem! It was beuatiful and certainly made me teary eyed!