Communication is an incredibly broad term. What does it mean? Is there a single definition that can fully describe communication in all of its forms or is it different for different cultures, languages, individuals, and species? In its simplest form, communication is the passing of an idea or information from one being to another being. Whether dog or dolphin, African or Asian, of royal blood or poor as church mice, we are all born with the innate ability to communicate. This ability is learned and developed as we grow, and branches out into many different forms. These forms enhance and change the way we communicate into a complex dance of life. Everybody is different. We all look different, walk different, sound different, and smell different.
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This is why we have so many problems understanding other people and trying to get them to understand us. They can’t just understand us because they aren’t us. This is why we communicate. I am an artist. My brother is a musician. My friend is a writer. My husband is a speaker. There are debaters, performers, filmmakers, emotionalists, scientists, carpenters, and philanthropists. Communicators are not limited only by this small list though. There is no limit to the ways of communication, but the way they speak to people can be condensed into three categories, visual, auditory, and emotional. When we can find what speaks to us individually, we are able to understand how others are communicating to us and speak to them using whatever speaks to them the most. This enables us to have confidence when speaking to our teachers, managers, bosses, and peers, and to help ourselves achieve our goals and dreams more …show more content…
Art is a communication technique that takes many forms, sculpture, painting, sketching, and photography, and these forms can be mixed and matched many different ways. Art has been happening for many millennium, and can be used to communicate emotions, actions, political ideas, dreams, and anything the human mind can think up. It visually communicates these ideas in ways that attract people, showing people beautiful, intriguing, and even horrifying images that communicate what the artist wanted people to know and feel. Many people can feel connected to art and it can speak to them in ways other forms can’t. These three forms are only few forms of communication that can be used to affect people visually, auditorily, and emotionally. After exploring the different forms of communication, the real question is, “What speaks to you?” Once you find how to truly engage with the world in the way that only you can, you can understand others’ communication methods and better communicate with each individual as well. We each have great power inside of us and the only way to make it useful is to communicate with others and share what we have to give. So, what speaks to you? Because communication is so much more than just
This is why we have so many problems understanding other people and trying to get them to understand us. They can’t just understand us because they aren’t us. This is why we communicate. I am an artist. My brother is a musician. My friend is a writer. My husband is a speaker. There are debaters, performers, filmmakers, emotionalists, scientists, carpenters, and philanthropists. Communicators are not limited only by this small list though. There is no limit to the ways of communication, but the way they speak to people can be condensed into three categories, visual, auditory, and emotional. When we can find what speaks to us individually, we are able to understand how others are communicating to us and speak to them using whatever speaks to them the most. This enables us to have confidence when speaking to our teachers, managers, bosses, and peers, and to help ourselves achieve our goals and dreams more …show more content…
Art is a communication technique that takes many forms, sculpture, painting, sketching, and photography, and these forms can be mixed and matched many different ways. Art has been happening for many millennium, and can be used to communicate emotions, actions, political ideas, dreams, and anything the human mind can think up. It visually communicates these ideas in ways that attract people, showing people beautiful, intriguing, and even horrifying images that communicate what the artist wanted people to know and feel. Many people can feel connected to art and it can speak to them in ways other forms can’t. These three forms are only few forms of communication that can be used to affect people visually, auditorily, and emotionally. After exploring the different forms of communication, the real question is, “What speaks to you?” Once you find how to truly engage with the world in the way that only you can, you can understand others’ communication methods and better communicate with each individual as well. We each have great power inside of us and the only way to make it useful is to communicate with others and share what we have to give. So, what speaks to you? Because communication is so much more than just