Writing as Artificial Ong presents an interesting commentary on the premise of writing as an aid to oral understanding. The paradox that writing as a dead form of interpretation,removed from the living world, amid its rigidity, assuring it of an everlasting life is quite puzzling when you think of words as life in the spoken form. When someone explains something to you with the visual interpretation that goes with it, whether it be mannerisms or vivid expression, it comes to life to you as an individual. The written word has the opposite effect in that you have to visualize and take your imagination to places that only you can navigate.
Writing as Artificial
ReplyDeleteOng presents an interesting commentary on the premise of writing as an aid to oral understanding. The paradox that writing as a dead form of interpretation,removed from the living world, amid its rigidity, assuring it of an everlasting life is quite puzzling when you think of words as life in the spoken form. When someone explains something to you with the visual interpretation that goes with it, whether it be mannerisms or vivid expression, it comes to life to you as an individual. The written word has the opposite effect in that you have to visualize and take your imagination to places that only you can navigate.