On Essence

The sensibilities of an individual can largely be determined by the way he uses language. Although a person can be considered articulate when he is able to express himself without hindrance, he still remains far removed from being in complete possession of his words. Its not so much that he wields language imprecisely but he arrives at a place where language itself feels inadequate. The more he expands his verbal repertoire, the more cognizant he becomes of all the things he could never possibly say. Of the things that will forever remain within him. So learning to speak and to write is paradoxically both a liberating and a woefully isolating process. A part of you becomes capable of elaborating a particular thought or feeling but simultaneously there’s also a certain recognition that is thrust upon you. A recognition that in the process of formulating words, you also increasingly distill the essence of what you would like to say or perhaps even of who you are. Despite the fact that…