This blog needed a place for talking about writing. "Craft Wednesday" will be me talking about all things writing: how to write, why to write, and my own craft journey. I hope to learn and to share experiences with you.
Different Ways of Learning
A child is systematically taught to read. Adults also take courses that present information step by step.
One can teach knowledge because it follows an order, but one cannot teach intuition, which is instantaneous perception without logical and conscious thought.
The act of writing and the written words themselves include intuition and knowledge; events, facts, and feelings are presented systematically because of the order established by spelling, language, and other language conventions which make it easier for people to understand what the other person is trying to say.
The fox in Antoine de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince says it most succinctly: "Words are the source of misunderstandings." A word used by one person may mean a different thing to another, as human beings have different ideals of what a word stands for, e.g. "peace" may mean "gear up" to one person and "stay uninvolved" to another.
Intuition comes into play when one must try to understand actual meaning, or when the human heart of the author is seen by the human heart of the reader.
One person may tend to learn through logical steps, while the other learns holistically, as explored in the Films for Action article "A Thousand Rivers: What the Modern World Has Forgotten About Children and Learning." The ideas are worth the length of many pages.
Perhaps letting a little freedom in writing and reading, including at what time, what age, and in any chance of failure, can allow the flexibility, compassion, and real intelligence needed in future generations.
To quote Forrest Gump - at least for today - "That's all I have to say about that."
Intuition comes into play when one must try to understand actual meaning, or when the human heart of the author is seen by the human heart of the reader.
One person may tend to learn through logical steps, while the other learns holistically, as explored in the Films for Action article "A Thousand Rivers: What the Modern World Has Forgotten About Children and Learning." The ideas are worth the length of many pages.
Perhaps letting a little freedom in writing and reading, including at what time, what age, and in any chance of failure, can allow the flexibility, compassion, and real intelligence needed in future generations.
To quote Forrest Gump - at least for today - "That's all I have to say about that."
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