It’s nearly impossible to understand speech without context. Sometimes, the conditions of speech are more vital than the words themselves. When we listen, we compare what we hear with what we expect to hear in the given situation. We try to understand the speaker’s motivations. We understand that speech in a telemarketing phone call, a
Maybe someone should have told Dylan Thomas that there’s no shame in going gently into that good night. That maybe there’s much to be gleaned from gentle introspection and acceptance. Well, at least Will Eno can tell us. And he can do gentle introspection and acceptance with viral videos, bubbles, an explosion of glitter, and