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− one American citizen’s lengthy contemplation − John McWhorter’s article How to Listen to Donald Trump Every Day for Years in The New York Times differentiated “speaking” in public from “talking” conversationally. He noted that Trump does not “speak” in public. Instead Trump “talks,” as he does, in conversation. McWhorter inferred that the American public is …
As I climbed out of the swimming pool just before going into the sauna I glimpsed Jeremy entering the steam room. So I was surprised a few minutes later when he entered the sauna. This morning he wasn’t pensive. He greeted me almost immediately with, “Well, what have you been learning recently?” Caught off guard, …
I’ve often wondered why I hear poetry in people’s words. Recently I gave up considering why to concentrate upon the happening of listening, to consider what happens as I listen and poetry enters the listening space. My initial rumination is that when I listen to others speak I open myself to resonance of multifaceted vibration. …
I was alone in the sauna at the community center mid-morning several weeks ago after swimming. Then a man appearing to be in his thirties entered – Jeremy was his name, I learned later. He sat on the bench to my right in the 6 feet by 9 feet space. After a few minutes of silence …
I hadn’t realized, as a child that I listened so continuously I couldn’t sort my own voice out of the cacophony of sounds. Mr. Smith, the ninth grade music teacher at Hershey High School, knew it rather quickly, though. Children from the Hershey area rural schools, such as the one I attended in Union Deposit, transferred to Hershey …
