monkeys

Today I realized once again the power of words. (And how much I love quotes!) In psychology we were talking about language and stuff I don't really understand. But we talked about we're born with something (no clue what it's called.) that allows us to develop and understand language. It's awesome. We're born with the ability to develop understanding for ANY language. I guess it's kind of an example of how influenced we are by our culture and society. After a certain point, I think at about one year of age, our ability to learn another language begins to weaken. It kinda makes me sad. We're less observant of different sounds and inflections. And as grow older, we become much less observant of many things around us. I love kids, and I love living like one just cause it's fun. But I think it's important that we all do that. Kids get so excited about things that we take for granted. Stuff in life is fucking cool! Kids get that on a regular basis. It's awesome.

More language fun. I'm reading The Devil's Highway for class. It's an awesome book. There's a section that talks about how there are some English words that are known in Mexican communities and it's weird because these English words are either similar - or they translate into something completely different. Such as "Chicago" which broken down into "Chi" and "cago" means "Piss" and "I shit" in Spanish. And I was thinking about when the Nova came out and it didn't sell as much as expected. Maybe because in Spanish it means "No Go" Who wants to buy a car that doesn't go?! It's just wild to me for whatever reason. I think it's so cool.

Plus, I just love words and quotes. In psych this morning we also talked about how we understand that the order of words really is important. I think it's awesome that just stringing a few words together, in a certain order, can contain so much power. Words are beautiful and powerful. Words are so important. And they are something so obviously common, but also incredibly unique. Words and a little less hair are all that separate us from monkeys. We are just as much a part of nature as your average creepy crawler, but what puts us at the apex is our powerful form of communication. Words are wild. Wild.