Words

Last week we watched this video for poetry class. It's really incredible, watch it :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0HfwkArpvU 

We were then assigned to write in response, to pen whatever we wished. My immediate thoughts and response is as follows:

Words and meanings and pictures...they all flow together and inspire one another, often melding together into one. We see and hear and experience the multiple meanings of a word, or different words that sound the same. From the flight of a cardinal across the blue sky, to the flight of a refugee to a new and safer home, words inspire us, teach us and define us. Some words depict things of great beauty, others tell the a sad tale. Either way, these combinations of letters and sounds create our world. Without them, we could not speak, we could not create, we could not learn, and we could not think. Words are beautiful, words are inspirational, and words are essential.