The year of 2016 was not a good one for me. I am not going to go into detail here, but needless to say I was living in an emotionally and mentally abusive situation in which one person, who later admitted to this, literally did their best to isolate me and make me an outcast. […]
Read more "Communication Part 6: Manipulation of Information"One thing that I consider a pet peeve, whether I agree with what is meant to be expressed or not is taking things out of context. One of the main forms that this takes is in quotes from various famous people as well as from famous works of art or literature. I can’t count the […]
Read more "Communication Part 5: Context and Rhetoric"Millennia ago, the migrating peoples began to divide as they traveled to new lands. As a result they were separated and began to change. Much like friends that have not seen each other in years, they began to grow in different ways, forming different customs and adjusting life to better get the resources that are […]
Read more "Communication Part 4: The Other"About a month or so ago I was asked to edit an appeals letter for a person. They wanted me to adjust their paper in such a way that it would evoke tears. I did not know the person and the only information they volunteered was the death of a loved one. They said that […]
Read more "Communication Part 3: Being Excused and Making Excuses"As for a lot of people, last year (2016), was a bad year for me. I had serious health issues, was living in an abusive household, became unemployed, became distant with both family and friends, and on top of all of this dealt with a large amount of the public grief involving the many deaths […]
Read more "Communication Part 2: Talking about the Bad"For the last couple of months I haven’t been able to get my mind off of communication. Last year was a particularly rough year for me in several ways, primarily in the form of lost friendships caused by or relating in part to communication issues. To be honest it is up there competing with a […]
Read more "Communication Part 1: Proposition of the Issues"Here’s to finding out what this is going to turn into.
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Llewellyn the Grey 