aseret in wonderland (blue_85) wrote, @ 2007-11-26 22:21:00

Excuse me, what is the secret to your song?
It's rather enlightening when you come to a self-realisation, when what you thought were random aspects of yourself are condensed into a single entity. It's only been in the last year or so that I've managed to pinpoint the root of many of my interests and aptitudes. It all stems from my love for LANGUAGE, which takes so many varied forms. Three of the more salient ones are explored below...

1. Books
I've always appreciated the written word, having been an avid reader since young. I savour finely crafted sentences, rolling them around in my mind like a smooth wine across the tongue. When I see a great artwork, athlete or musician, I merely admire, offhandedly wishing I was as talented. When I read a great novel, it has a completely different effect - it fills me with fire, awakes ambitions that nothing else does. It makes me more than just envious - it makes we want to be a fantastic writer.

2. Linguistics
Languages are fascinating. They tell you so much about a particular culture and its mindset, just by the existence (and absence) of certain words and their meanings. There are supposedly hundreds of Inuit words for "snow", and though this myth is largely untrue, it's a neat example of how the nature of the society and the world it inhabits can show through a language. I only started studying Linguistics this year and I've regretted not studying it earlier. I would possibly have done a completely different degree if I had known! I feel the urge to study more foreign languages as well, especially Latin for some reason. Matching new words to familiar ones is somehow exciting and interesting. Oh to study languages, that would be a dream come true.

3. Cryptography
I adored codes when I was younger. I got code books for kids where I could practice creating them and cracking them. You might wonder why I'm including this in the list. Well, a code is just another language after all, with symbols that may be as unreadable and unfamiliar as characters in the Japanese or Arabic alphabet. I really enjoyed deciphering the weekly code in Sydney Morning Herald's Radar before they took it out, though I never sent my answers in for the prize. I don't know if I'll ever resurrect this interest though...

	(Anonymous) 2007-11-26 10:28 (link)
	I found your blog by chance and this makes it funnier.. The thing is 2 of your interests - books and linguistics - are just the same as mine. And it's rather amazing and exciting for me to find a person with common interests in the other part of the world (I'm from Russia). I don't have a blog here but still I've decided to post a comment (Reply to this) (Thread)