Monologue

by Francis Jay Jarabelo

 

Proper conversation is a mere play of words. Play of words, in a sense that we are the ones who makes these languages of our own. It is like we are talking to the mirror, facing ourselves satisfying in expressing our own language. Language has its own life; once you said it, you cannot give it back. We are like the prophets who keep babbling about what we desire to express in our thoughts. In order to express our words to other, the monologue must have another monologue so that there will dialogue for both of them. Because it is a mere play of words, their conversation will have no definite interpretation. Both of their interpretation of words is not the same. Example is when a guy says to a girl I love you, he means that he only love this girl as a friend. But in the case of the girl, she interpreted these words more than a friend.  Not only that, it also depends in the accent and intonation of the words. No one knows the interpretation even the one who speak. That is a problem for the two monologues; you cannot always speak about everything, it will only speak about you. In a sense that the way we deliver our speech to others, it also reflects in our attitude. Example is you want to talk to others just to impress, but for them didn’t know what is your intention. If you consider the other as subject not as an object then it will lead into a dialogue, the “intersubjectivity” of the two monologues. If the conversation of both monologues is not well interpreted, why do we still need to talk with each other if our conversation is not accurate in terms of interpreting these words?  What we speak to other monologue is not useless, the moment we speak to other even it is not precise in interpretation but still we can understand their words through approximating. Language is a mystery and it demands a rigorous practice so that we can master over it.