why i mostly write/speak in lowercase
hello.
i know this will drive some (if not all) of you crazy, but bear with me. i have reasoning behind why "i" is no longer "I".
you'd think, as an english major, i would rigidly follow the rules of language and grammar. and, of course, when writing academically, i do. college requires formalities. however, when it comes to my personal expression on social media, i've been using capital letters less and less.
why, you ask?
well, it's just one of the many ways my spiritual life has bled into my writing. basically, i believe capital letters should be reserved for the most important or sacred concepts/feelings/beings (Love, Spirit, God, etc.)
(that being said, there are always exceptions, even to this belief - usually for the sake of aesthetic when presenting my work to others, as i mentioned.)
to me, "i" is an ego statement, something that this body and brain says in this life. it's a lower level of consciousness, one that's limited and easily confused or swayed. lately, i've been trying to use "I" only when speaking in regards to my higher self, the one who knows all the answers, the Spirit inside that lives within all of us. abstract, i know, but you guys are used to my spiritual ramblings, so i expect you're not that surprised.
additionally, there are many eastern languages that don't even possess capital letters, mainly because of the belief that as humans, we're all equal. it also looks nicer, in my opinion.
in being human, we're both divine and earthly, and this has been a huge fascination of mine recently. i want to be fully mindful of this so i can live with more intention and less "fluff". i want to get to the core of everything - the deep, dark, human bits. and the expansive divinity.
as i'm writing this, i'm getting ready to do reiki on some stones, then go to a meditation with some college buddies. how lucky am i to have such amazing friends here who vibe high like I do!
i know this will drive some (if not all) of you crazy, but bear with me. i have reasoning behind why "i" is no longer "I".
you'd think, as an english major, i would rigidly follow the rules of language and grammar. and, of course, when writing academically, i do. college requires formalities. however, when it comes to my personal expression on social media, i've been using capital letters less and less.
why, you ask?
well, it's just one of the many ways my spiritual life has bled into my writing. basically, i believe capital letters should be reserved for the most important or sacred concepts/feelings/beings (Love, Spirit, God, etc.)
(that being said, there are always exceptions, even to this belief - usually for the sake of aesthetic when presenting my work to others, as i mentioned.)
to me, "i" is an ego statement, something that this body and brain says in this life. it's a lower level of consciousness, one that's limited and easily confused or swayed. lately, i've been trying to use "I" only when speaking in regards to my higher self, the one who knows all the answers, the Spirit inside that lives within all of us. abstract, i know, but you guys are used to my spiritual ramblings, so i expect you're not that surprised.
additionally, there are many eastern languages that don't even possess capital letters, mainly because of the belief that as humans, we're all equal. it also looks nicer, in my opinion.
in being human, we're both divine and earthly, and this has been a huge fascination of mine recently. i want to be fully mindful of this so i can live with more intention and less "fluff". i want to get to the core of everything - the deep, dark, human bits. and the expansive divinity.
as i'm writing this, i'm getting ready to do reiki on some stones, then go to a meditation with some college buddies. how lucky am i to have such amazing friends here who vibe high like I do!
this is really interesting and had me thinking...
ReplyDeletesince we were just talking about the blend of visual arts and words, this is quite clearly another example - the height and grandiose of a capitalized letter has a visual implication and representation...whether that's divine or something else, it's a symbol... i (heh) mean all words are symbols; hieroglyphics were words made of pictures... and well, words as we read in general produce images in the mind - but that is pretty explicitly known by anyone who has read a book in their life (and is also quite a spiritual practice in a way...meditating on words... visualization... mantras!)
i might not be onto anything new - i know artists have made these connections before (Cy Twombly was a contemporary artist who incorporated script and language in his paintings, so did Basquiat...) but i think it's something worth exploring more, and spiritually too.