It's mostly the distance between us that makes the right words hard to find. But it's the failure to find words--any words--that increases the distance between us.
Tag: writing
What You’re Hearing Is Less than The Truth
But it isn't all a pack of lies, either.
A Letter from Abroad
Rare things are typically more valuable than common ones. Communications included.
Your Mind is a Nonfiction Writer
Your mind is in the business of constantly creating stories. Are you editing them?
Listen: Each Person Hears the Symphony Differently
Dear Daughters, When it comes to our ability to take in information, we humans share a bunch of limitations. Our common genetic inheritance allows our eyes to see only in certain types of light, restricts our ears to hearing only certain sorts of sound, and establishes the relative sensitivity of our skin. Sure, each of …
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Human Communication Always Happens in the Flesh
Two days ago, while I was working on a communications plan for a product release (which I promise I won’t go into), I was suddenly struck by a fundamental fact: Human communication is always incarnate communication. Period. Hard stop. No exceptions. We communicate in the flesh or not at all. Put another way: if and …
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