Beyond words:

Por Cris Oliveira em 26/6/2025

It’s when your tongue can’t follow the choreography. Sounds. 

Your ears are not tuned to the exact frequency. Turn around. 

You feel like getting a hearing aid.

You know thoughts are nonsense. Vocabulary.

A gadget into your ears, a smart machine translator, an articulation cross(word)-fit for the pronunciation: perfect combo!

Good morning. You are not a native there, but that is not how you feel. You promised yourself that you would try. No hands as a tool to improve communication and understanding. Gestures don’t have the same meaning in different places. 

Then. 

It is time, quick, break.

Your brain keeps keeps going. 

And you know things take time and words are good for you. 

Or vice-versa: you are able to elaborate long meaningful sentences. 

And/or look ahead. Abroad.

You hate lists and repertoire but hey, you own them. You like the work and the flow. Commitment. Creative creation, write right.

Own them, wow. Chinese is xiqu in technicolor. 

That's it, you got it. 

Now you hide, change your mask.  Type, type, tweak.

More than noise.

Characters. 

On a Cyrilic keyboard.

A hammer in your head. A rake you take. Bare feet. A bonfire.  

Autumn falling. Away.

A nostalgic urban bird.

Bubbles.

Words can fill any empty space. Now you need to let them feed you.

Yawn, gobble. Thru.