{"id":127,"date":"2018-02-25T07:43:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T07:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordmagicglobal.com\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2018-09-02T04:57:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T04:57:43","slug":"the-see-of-sound","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordmagicglobal.com\/the-see-of-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"The See of Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”10%” bottom_padding=”5%” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” shape_type=””][vc_column centered_text=”true” column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n
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Verbal<\/span>\u00a0Sonar:<\/span><\/h1>\n

The SEE of Sound<\/span><\/h2>\n

Words aMaze and Fasten8 us<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”1″ divider_color=”extra-color-2″ animate=”yes” custom_height=”40″ delay=”300″][vc_column_text]\n
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in part because we are almost never free of them.\u00a0They enter through our eyes and ears, trip off our tongues, pour out our fingertips,\u00a0rattle our brains and incite the full range of emotions.\u00a0In short, they are the notes and we are their human instruments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][nectar_icon icon_family=”linea” enable_animation=”true” animation_speed=”fast” icon_style=”default” icon_color=”Extra-Color-2″ icon_padding=”20px” icon_linea=”icon-music-note-multiple” animation_delay=”300″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” bg_image=”702″ bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” parallax_bg=”true” parallax_bg_speed=”fast” bg_color=”#333333″ scene_position=”center” text_color=”light” text_align=”left” top_padding=”10%” bottom_padding=”10%” color_overlay=”#0a0a0a” overlay_strength=”0.8″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” shape_type=””][vc_column centered_text=”true” column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][split_line_heading]\n

Though creatures of our own invention,\u00a0whirrrds<\/strong>\u00a0are alive in an\u00a0L-M-N<\/strong>-tal way\u00a0and possess a mind and spirit of their own. Few people bother to watch what they say\u2014let alone listen\u2014so either overlook or underrate their running commentary.<\/p>\n[divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″]\n

But as we pass an endless stream of verbal burble back and forth between ourselves,whirrrds<\/strong>\u00a0whisper their subversive secret spells to our subconscious minds\u00a0creating both the prism\u2014and the prison\u2014through which we view the mystery of our lives.<\/p>\n[divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″]\n

Based on my life-long compulsion with the pun, I’ve pieced together the story of our lives by juxtaposing the semANTIC<\/strong>\u00a0REVEL<\/strong>ations I’ve found in the very words we use to tell it.<\/p>\n[\/split_line_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”5%” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

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As you will see on this site\u2014and at a WordMagic performance\u2014playing with words leads to entertaining ideas. It can also reawaken our primal recognition\u00a0of how we can use the Word for the World\u2019s ReCreation.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0WordMagic: An Enchanted Literary Entertainment<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0audience members enter the magic world of linguistic synchronicities in which English\u00a0cymbals\u00a0<\/strong>and sounds\u00a0ring bells in our minds that echo and reflect the cultural assumptions we mistake for reality\u00a0and the innate wisdom we possess as humans. This occurs, I contend, because\u00a0language \u201cis not merely grammatical, but Holo-Grammatical, as well.\u201d\u00a0Thus–<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” bg_color=”#ffffff” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”5%” bottom_padding=”5%” id=”discover” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”2\/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left” css=”.vc_custom_1504128844236{margin-right: -1px !important;}”][vc_column_inner enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-left” column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][nectar_single_testimonial testimonial_style=”bold” color=”Extra-Color-1″ style=”bold” quote=”Using the curiosities of English as a mirror in which to view our own idiosyncratic natures and presumptions of reality is like peering through a magic lens that makes the obvious suddenly visible.”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”713″ alignment=”right” animation=”Grow In” border_radius=”20px” box_shadow=”x_large_depth” max_width=”175%”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” bg_color=”#ffffff” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”7%” bottom_padding=”7%” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column centered_text=”true” column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

A Few Audience Accolades<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”Small Line” line_thickness=”2″ divider_color=”accent-color” animate=”yes” custom_height=”50″ custom_line_width=”80″][testimonial_slider style=”minimal” star_rating_color=”accent-color” autorotate=”5000″ disable_height_animation=”true”][testimonial star_rating=”none” title=”Testimonial” id=”1475858133769-10a88-c43d” name=”Diana Aylward” subtitle=”Author and Counselor” quote=”There will be no one on this planet who can do what you do\u2014and so utterly eloquently, magically and cleverly.” tab_id=”1526254517728-2″] Click the edit button to add your testimonial. [\/testimonial][testimonial star_rating=”none” title=”Testimonial” id=”1475858133938-70a88-c43d” name=”Michael Wineland” subtitle=”Fabric Designer” quote=”You\u2019re an aristocratic Auntie Mame.” tab_id=”1526254517760-10″] Click the edit button to add your testimonial. [\/testimonial][testimonial star_rating=”none” title=”Testimonial” id=”1526255261995-0-7″ name=”Attorney” subtitle=”At a poetry reading” quote=”You\u2019re the M.C. Escher of poetry.” tab_id=”1526254517760-10″] Click the edit button to add your testimonial. [\/testimonial][testimonial star_rating=”none” title=”Testimonial” id=”1475858133938-70a88-c43d” name=”Suji Bece” quote=”Your work and heart\u2019s desire for language is a breakthrough blessing for all who communicate and dwell on Earth.” tab_id=”1526254517815-9″] Click the edit button to add your testimonial. [\/testimonial][testimonial star_rating=”none” title=”Testimonial” id=”1475858133938-70a88-c43d” name=”Carol Sutherland” subtitle=”PhD, Life Coach” quote=”You\u2019re a modern-day Shakespeare.” tab_id=”1526254517861-8″] Click the edit button to add your testimonial. [\/testimonial][\/testimonial_slider][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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