words. say what you mean.
I had a random thought tonight as I was listening to Christopher Plummer's acceptance speech for best supporting actor:
The older generation speak so eloquently and succinctly.
It probably doesn't apply to everyone in that era but i couldn't help but be very impressed and put to shame by just how he spoke so well, using vocabulary that clearly expressed his emotions.
Living in a generation that speaks in such short "bursts", "tweets" and encourages internet acronyms that are more comical than expressive (LOL, ROFL, etc...) it was refreshing to hear someone explain himself so well without wasting a breath with an "umm" or a "like."
I, myself, am completely guilty of using too many useless words for saying something so simple.
My fiction writing professor in college told it to me so well in a brief (yet heated) exchange I had with him.
"David...you use too many words to describe something. Just say what you mean... The blue blood boiled."
Having my devotionals go through proverbs has further cemented this idea. The bible tells us that our words can be a fire. Used to harm or do good. Speak truth, or spread lies.
Say what you mean. And mean what you say.
The older generation speak so eloquently and succinctly.
It probably doesn't apply to everyone in that era but i couldn't help but be very impressed and put to shame by just how he spoke so well, using vocabulary that clearly expressed his emotions.
Living in a generation that speaks in such short "bursts", "tweets" and encourages internet acronyms that are more comical than expressive (LOL, ROFL, etc...) it was refreshing to hear someone explain himself so well without wasting a breath with an "umm" or a "like."
I, myself, am completely guilty of using too many useless words for saying something so simple.
My fiction writing professor in college told it to me so well in a brief (yet heated) exchange I had with him.
"David...you use too many words to describe something. Just say what you mean... The blue blood boiled."
Having my devotionals go through proverbs has further cemented this idea. The bible tells us that our words can be a fire. Used to harm or do good. Speak truth, or spread lies.
Say what you mean. And mean what you say.
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