I love this so much, kiki! Also this reminded me of a student I had who grew up with her parents speaking 5 languages at the same time so she was selectively mute for the first couple of years. She almost created a tongue of her own and whereas that's something fascinating the world doesn't deem it right so it was forced out of her to be replaced with what's proper. I used to encourage her to teach me her words and their meanings from time to time, just to let her know that it's okay. She's doing fine. Sorry to have gone off on a tangent but coming back. I feel this very deeply and I also feel the very opposite of it. I often vacillate between keeping my writing to my own self and having the world read it and speak it into existence. However, I know one thing for sure - words will outlive us all - spoken or not and they're the most important.
I love this so much, kiki! Also this reminded me of a student I had who grew up with her parents speaking 5 languages at the same time so she was selectively mute for the first couple of years. She almost created a tongue of her own and whereas that's something fascinating the world doesn't deem it right so it was forced out of her to be replaced with what's proper. I used to encourage her to teach me her words and their meanings from time to time, just to let her know that it's okay. She's doing fine. Sorry to have gone off on a tangent but coming back. I feel this very deeply and I also feel the very opposite of it. I often vacillate between keeping my writing to my own self and having the world read it and speak it into existence. However, I know one thing for sure - words will outlive us all - spoken or not and they're the most important.
as a person who grew up under the influence of four different languages, this resonates so deeply.
i have no words how i'm feeling right now, i just want to thank you for your words and let them speaking with me