Communication is connection.
For most of us, it's easy. A sideways glance. Hands on hips, feet tapping. A kiss on
the cheek.
Sometimes, we use words.
"Did you see that?" "Please take out the garbage."
"I love you." Like magic, the words we conjure in our
brains turn into sound waves, travel through the air, and become words
summoned in the brain of another. The written word is equally
mysterious. Arbitrary shapes become stories, poems, proverbs. You
are reading my words now, somewhere far from the tapping of my
keyboard.
So what happens when there
is an interruption to the brain? Imagine a blindfold, cotton in your
ears, marbles in your mouth. Not so easy now.
