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 A new blog to contain answers to prompts |
Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas "  became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one. Cool water cascading to low ground
To spread good will and hope all around.  |
| Prompt: Let these quotes from 3 very different men inspire your entry today- “Words are where most change begins.” ―Brandon Sanderson “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ―Nelson Mandela “If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.” ―Martin Luther -------- I don't think I can change the world, at all, but I'll try to write something that may unite these three quotes. Just maybe, I might be able to pull it. Since I like to begin at the beginning of everything, here it goes. Way back when, long before we knew about computer screens or books and such, human beings painted and carved on cave walls and stone tablets. This was their form of writing. They did this to preserve what they saw, understood, and felt as meaning, throughout their lifetimes. The same is true of writing. It is more than ink on page or blocks of sentences on the computer screen. It is our means through which we express truth as we see it while we use our memory, imagination, and education. Then, education itself offers structure to that writing and sharing. It does this by teaching us to arrange our thoughts, to read symbols, to read carefully others' works, and the most important of all, to question what we are being told. This means for us to learn how to think, wonder, and communicate precisely and deeply with one another. In other words, education turns the words we use into tools for thinking and understanding. This is because words are power. They stand at the heart of everything. They make the invisible, visible. They can unite people in love or they can turn conflicts and misunderstandings into wars. They can inspire. They can destroy. They can oppress. They can liberate. The wrong word can echo forever while the right word at the right time can change a life for the better. Words are the core of laws, prayers, promises, and stories. They shape the way we see ourselves and how we see the world. Words let us talk with meaning and understand what we read. When we read, we take a look at another's soul. When we write, we give shape to our own thoughts. We must, therefore, use words well, but at the same time, protect them, too. We must not use them haphazardly or just to vent off anger. This is because they are more than tools. This is because they can heal or destroy, or they can make or break. This is because they are our very own breath of civilization. |
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