Comments on: Meaningful conversations http://22ideastreet.com/blog/2009/07/15/meaningful-conversations/ Thu, 17 May 2012 20:31:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Courtny Cotten http://22ideastreet.com/blog/2009/07/15/meaningful-conversations/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Courtny Cotten Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:20:22 +0000 http://22ideastreet.com/blog/?p=661#comment-130 I find it curious that in this day and age, with the explosion of social media and the instantaneous nature of communication how many people have actually undermined the value of a true conversation. One would think that technologies such as this would bring the human narrative together? I had a friend, long moved away now, that was the perfect person to have conversations with. He was always interested in hearing what I had to say and always helpful when it came to situation in which I was unfamiliar with. We would often sit in brief silences collecting our thoughts, and then all at once would pour them forth to one another once we had gathered our bearings. Of course, this always lead to a certain richness in our conversations. I guess it didn't really hit me until I read your post that I see truly what our friendship was based around: a revolving understanding of the conversation and how to talk to one another. I've never met anyone that I could talk too so easily since... Very thought provoking post Anthony. Thanks for bringing back fond memories. I find it curious that in this day and age, with the explosion of social media and the instantaneous nature of communication how many people have actually undermined the value of a true conversation. One would think that technologies such as this would bring the human narrative together?

I had a friend, long moved away now, that was the perfect person to have conversations with. He was always interested in hearing what I had to say and always helpful when it came to situation in which I was unfamiliar with. We would often sit in brief silences collecting our thoughts, and then all at once would pour them forth to one another once we had gathered our bearings. Of course, this always lead to a certain richness in our conversations.

I guess it didn’t really hit me until I read your post that I see truly what our friendship was based around: a revolving understanding of the conversation and how to talk to one another. I’ve never met anyone that I could talk too so easily since…

Very thought provoking post Anthony.
Thanks for bringing back fond memories.

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