Communication - the hardest part
July 16, 2025•156 words
While language is essential for communication, there are times when words fall short of capturing the full extent of thoughts and feelings, making them feel "futile." This doesn't negate their importance, but rather highlights the limitations of language and the potential of other forms of expression.
If we can't put things in words, then it's difficult to communicate/transmit; while if we do put things in words, then we need to be careful (selective about audience, format). Otherwise it could get misinterpreted. Then I suffer from the frustration that my words are a futile device. But being a creative writer, there're limited conventions/rules/words are not serving an organization, it represents my own thoughts/feelings/views; I have lower level of stress about being misinterpreted. At the end of the day, the writer cannot ask audience to take 100% of what's conveyed - that relies on my communication skills; I communicate, it's up to the audience/reviewer to judge or comment.