Some observations on communication

[stealthdragon.livejournal.com]

I'm finding that when someone is at the front, it's clear that they're thinking in words. As one gets farther from the front, thoughts communicated to the fronter seem to be stripped of language - closer to pure concept. It makes communication a bit difficult, since the fronter often has to stop and parse whatever concept was just handed to them.

Since language is linked to memory, this may be why most of us don't have the same kind of access to memories of when we're not fronting. On the other hand, none of us seem to notice any subjective difference between thinking in a way that the others percieve as words, and in a way that comes across as wordless.

Does anyone else have this sort of thing going on? And if so, have you found anything in particular that makes communication easier?

Thanks,
-Us

Comments

[dark-musashi.livejournal.com]

The rare times we discuss, we "speak" with words, but when Jessica just wants to express her feelings or idea, that's pure concept as well.
I don't really have tips to make communication easier... I don't know if it's a good idea, but what about letting someone( or several members of your system) "translate" thoughts into "speech", or vice-versa?

[stealthdragon.livejournal.com]

Hm. Depending on where the translator was at the moment, whoever was fronting might have to translate again. There's only three of us at the moment, so that seems like introducing unnecessary complexity and chances for misunderstanding. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

- Us

[dark-musashi.livejournal.com]

No prob. Being two in the systems, we have never been able to ask someone to translate anything. ^^"