Non-Verbal Communication

“Silence has sometimes a remarkable power of showing itself as the disembodied soul of feeling” – Thomas Hardy

We live in a loud world full of raucous noise and harsh sound. It therefore does not surprise me that non-verbal communication is often more valuable than other mediums.

A knowing look, slight sigh or brush of a hand can portray emotion more clearly than any eloquent sentence or phrase. The purity of such actions that do not require forethought or education must be valued.

Emotions change on the whisper of a thought. The failure of our language to properly convey this transience means that we must look to these subtle cues to properly understand ourselves and others.

I will always treasure the gentle caress of someone’s hand, even at the expense of poetic declarations.

-The English Student