Portland, Maine.
I've been writing all day. Trying to finish th first draft of a script that's due in two weeks. But really due in one week. I'm working hard, but I can't seem to find my groove. Frustrating. Distracted by delicious coffee and American Spirits. Yuck.
Yesterday's Terry Gross interview with Julia Sweeney was amazing. It was about Julia's show, "Letting Go of God." Terry's a wonderful interviewer. As I listened, I was reminded of how difficult her job must be -- listening to people talk all the time.
My friend Lucy recently told me she's been trying not to react so quickly to things. I want to stop doing that. She suggested one way to combat this problem is to be aware of your tongue. That is, think about where your tongue is located when you are not talking, but someone else is (i.e. you are listening). If it's on the roof of your mouth, you're waiting to talk. That's bad. You should be relaxed, present with the other person. Listening.
Too often I find my tongue on the roof of my mouth these days.
I've been writing all day. Trying to finish th first draft of a script that's due in two weeks. But really due in one week. I'm working hard, but I can't seem to find my groove. Frustrating. Distracted by delicious coffee and American Spirits. Yuck.
Yesterday's Terry Gross interview with Julia Sweeney was amazing. It was about Julia's show, "Letting Go of God." Terry's a wonderful interviewer. As I listened, I was reminded of how difficult her job must be -- listening to people talk all the time.
My friend Lucy recently told me she's been trying not to react so quickly to things. I want to stop doing that. She suggested one way to combat this problem is to be aware of your tongue. That is, think about where your tongue is located when you are not talking, but someone else is (i.e. you are listening). If it's on the roof of your mouth, you're waiting to talk. That's bad. You should be relaxed, present with the other person. Listening.
Too often I find my tongue on the roof of my mouth these days.
posted by cinemantim at 3:52 PM
2 Comments:
hi. i'm here via your comment on julia sweeney, and your comments here on holding one's tongue, as it were, are right where i am right now. i'm by nature shy, and i keep catching myself talking because i think i'm supposed to be, rather than because i have something to say, or am responding thoughtfully to someone else.
anyway. i suppose making a comment about the necessity of listening is kind of hypocritical, but there you have it.
I notice that I push my tongue behind the top row of front teeth when I'm not doing anything at all. This must be my "relaxed" state, however people tell me I look tense all the time. I guess I need to change that don't I.
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