I decided to walk to High Park today and take advantage of the great weather. With the iPod cranking out the tunes, a novel in hand and a few snacks in a bag, I was ready to spend a relaxing day reading and eating. The day was gorgeous and the walk was pleasant.
While walking to the park, I came upon two people carrying on a conversation through sign language. The language of signing has always fascinated me. So physical, so expressive and yet one is able to say many things without a "spoken" word. I remember years back when I started learning sign language; each inflection meaning something different. Part of the teachings involved "mouthing" the words while signing your words. Yes, even though your voice is not required, you're taught to still mouth the words as one sign can represent several different words - it's the inflection or emotion behind the sign that determines the meaning.
It is this, that I find so interesting with sign language. Each person using sign language seems to be wholly and completely free with the "language". The passion and dedication to each conversation is exciting. Amazingly, this lead to why I enjoyed my dancing for 10 years. Much like people signing, I was passionate about the dance and I was completely free with each song I performed. I loved the feeling of being on stage and performing for an audience (even if, momentarily, I was nervous and scared).
Two people signing, lead me to smile today! It was a gorgeous day!
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