Whose Voice Is It Anyway?
Your voice. Your Voice. I’m not talking about the sound that comes out of your mouth. But rather, I’m talking about the words that come out of your mouth. Are the words that you speak and the thoughts that you think, are they uniquely yours? Have your surroundings affected you so much that your “voice” is not uniquely yours but rather it mimicks or has been engulfed by your environment? Have your surroundings eaten and swollowed you whole?
The Gentrification of Our Voices
Our voices can have a way of gentrifying. I mean that it’s possible and in some cases it’s a reality that our independence of thought has experienced an exodus. We have somehow evolved into a world of ideological cliques like never before for which there is seemingly no escape. Being fully aware of the inability to process your own thoughts and yet not being able to control the inner parakeet.
Political cliques have proven to be the ultimate source of unabashed separatism. The sounds from your mouth have been reduced to catechisms (a brainwashing of sorts). I am under no obligation to disclose my political preference. I am under no obligation to disclose who I voted for. I am under no obligation to “defend” my political position nor am I obligated to despise everyone who identifies as belonging to a political party which is not my own. And I am under no obligation to be a yes (wo)man to my political party. Why? Because I have my own voice.
To Whom Am I Speaking?
Are your words the same words of every other person, verbatim, that is within your sphere? Are we all regurgitating the same things in exactly the same words without realizing it? Are our physical features and the actual “sound” of our voices the only things separating us from one another ?
Your voice. Where is it? Have you lost it? Have you transitioned self-identity to clique-dentity and if you have, do you have a clue as to why? Are you in so deep that you cannot dig yourself out of the rabbit hole?
Your voice. If you have lost it, find it. Start looking for it now. We have enough carbon copies in this world. I know you think you are uniquely you, but are you really? Do you recognize your voice as your own?
Do you? Huh? Do you? What are your thoughts on the subject? Please, feel free to share. Intelligent and respectful dialogue only please. I crave for it. Oh wait. Can I make that request in a conversation about “your own voice?” Hmmm.
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(My voice, my opinion, as it relates to me.) That is a very good observation. I often have thought about that but only as it relates to me. I have a hard time processing my thoughts to form them on paper or verbally. So often I will look elsewhere to seek help in finding my thoughts formed. I can remember having to write a paper for one of my classes and I could not get the wording down to my satisfaction, so I searched on the web to give me some examples of what I was trying to say. Did I find it? Sometimes, but more often it still wasn’t to my exact satisfaction. I said that to say this: I think I have a chemical imbalance for the reason I feel that I can’t get my thoughts voiced to say what I want. Sometimes I feel that I don’t use my voice because I Don’t have a solution for the problem ( if there is a problem being presented), and also I feel that people should only use their voice for a meaningful purpose like what you do. These are only a few of my reasons, I have more but I don’t see the need to mention them! Also I do agree with you about the environment playing a big role in our voices. Especially social media. I am even guilty sometimes of just repeating what someone else has said on a post, so most of the time I will just hit the like button which I think is even worse. And politics…. I only discuss politics with a select few!
Stay safe!
Janet I totally get it and based on our conversation today, I think it’s okay to look for “inspiration” elsewhere to help you get your words and thoughts in sync. Also talking it out with someone can do far more than seeking inspiration via online searches, etc. There are two things that seem to work for me: (1) Freewritng – I just write down my thoughts as I think them, no rhyme or reason and then edit to a cohesive statement. (2) Outline – this is helpful with trying to explain something and need a specific order. Using headings and subheadings or bulletpoints will help to shape dialogue. I think that we can get in an unintended habit of mimicking what others say but we have to keep a watchful eye so we don’t lose ourselves in others. Thanks for sharing.