15d (edited) • Language philosophy
The present moment 👐
Yesterday I met with a friend. We had planned to do a recorded language session, but I felt the pressure from being on camera again. I could identify a couple of reasons for the feeling, but on the bright side, this realisation came to me.
Language is embodied (or naturally acquired, if you prefer) in the present, living moment, and nothing else. An interesting happening, an exciting adventure, a task performed in cooperation with others, joyful child's play, or just watching a film or TV show—they're all opportunities to let language enter your being and become embodied (if you let it, that is).
While off-camera, there were plenty of small things happening around us (a spider on my arm, a piece of rubbish on a bench...) that quickly became points of interest to talk about, and this I did. When I after the fact realised it could all have been recorded, it felt like the moment was already gone; it didn't feel right to try to recreate a naturally occurring occurrence.
The thought of recording this present moment is part of what puts pressure on me, since it feels like I myself won't be able to be fully present, but that I have to perform. But what would have happened if the camera was just rolling, even with nothing particular prepared, and it just happened to have caught that spider on my arm?
Then you all would have been able to take part of that present moment a little later, and that would have contributed to your development of embodied Swedish.
So maybe I can just be ready with the camera at any given moment—who knows what comes my way?
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The present moment 👐
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