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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

conversation - a lost art

walk into any public place and find that conversation is becoming a lost art. examples exist everywhere that people aren't talking anymore, why? it might be that they can't hear the conversation because of the loud music playing or the televisions on the walls.

i can't come up with even a short list of places where we go to eat that doesnt have a television on with a choice of sporting events, news reports or whatever the management has decided would be good entertainment for the day. i think that we arent being allowed to sit and converse without competing with the media.

you can't make a phone call without listening to voice prompts or those kinda musci asking you to hold on. sms has taken over phone systems, email has taken away the art of making direct contact with a person.

can we not just communicate face to face, voice to voice without interruption from media sources or so-called entertainment?

there is a time and place for entertainment but first of all we must be able to communicate with each other. we arent having conversations anymore.

it's obvious that this is becoming a lost art. look at all the statistics bout family problems and you'll find that more often than not, the source was a lack of communication.

children in classrooms no longer know how to talk to their peers and work their differences out. instead we see more violence among this group. teachers don't know how to encourage communication without visual aids, or a computer. this should really be taught through conversation.

in business boardroom meetings, everybody just watches powerpoint presentations. thoughts can't be verbalised. they have to be media driven to audiences.

technology isnt evil, that's not what i'm trying to say here. it's that we are so busy with it and its heavy influence that we've stopped talking. no once has time to stop, take a call and chat. parents don't spend time talking to their children face to face about life, either that or they don't have the time to do so.

when families are home together, the buzz of noise never ceases. we no longer sit down at the table to hear about what's happening in each one's day. how many of us are guilty of having their eyes glued to the television, their music playing, their minds engrossed in the games they play and the constant interruption of phones ringing. if you have ever come across somebody who uses bluetooth you would know that you can't tell if the person is speaking to you or to the one on the other line. all of a sudden the conversation changes direction, how confusing is that?

i think i've been influenced too, i may be better off by actually TELLING this to someone else. but i've chosen to type it out here instead.

conversation. a lost art. an art i never had to begin with.

astrocow
19:32