The ancient Indian sages say that a word is
not just a word, but a form of energy which carries within it the potential of
transformation.
It is only through the words that people
like writers, poets and storytellers are able to weave magic through their
writings, poems and stories!
#2 GRAMMAR IMPLIES ‘THE LOGIC OF
LANGUAGE’!
In Indian texts, grammar is referred to, by
the terms such as “Vyakaran”.
The Sanskrit word Vyakaran implies separation, distinction, discrimination,
analysis, explanation, logic" of something.
And so, Grammar can be understood as the science
of studying the logic or the structure of language!
#3 THE SCIENCE OF GRAMMAR IS
APPROX. 3000 YEARS OLD!
Grammar is one of the most ancient sciences
dating back to the Vedic period. This field of grammar also makes up one of the
six Vedangas in the scriptures of Vedas or Vedic Studies.
Grammar or Vyakaran is related to the
fourth Vedanga of Vedas – this Vedanga is named as ‘Nirukta’…
#4 SANSKRIT & GREEK MARK THE
ORIGINS OF GRAMMAR!
Most of the words and grammar are derived
from two main languages that is, Sanskrit and Greek!
#5 THE WORD “ALPHABET” IS DERIVED
FROM FIRST TWO CHARACTERS OF GREEK LANGUAGE!
The word “alphabet” is derived from the
combination of the first two characters of Greek language, that is, “alpha” and “beta”!
Alphabet
= Alpha (alpha) + bet (beta)
#6 GRAMMAR IS THE SCIENCE OF STUDYING
DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF REALITY & LIFE!
The popular linguist & writer, Ẓevi Scharfstein said that, the field of grammar is much more than merely
a study of words and relations between words.
Rather, grammar is understood to be the
study of reality itself as well as the relations between different dimensions
of reality.
According to Vedas, the main purpose of the
field of grammar is to utilize the medium of “words” to their best possible
effective means in order to realize the underlying principle of all reality and
to break the chain of ignorance.
Also known as shabd-yoga, the field of
grammar was originally aimed at understanding the root and significance of the
word itself. By understanding the root of words and the fundamental structure
of language, we can also understand, and thereupon, realize the fundamental
principle of life itself.
#7 IN ENGLISH, EACH CONSONANT CARRIES
ITS OWN SOUND UNLIKE HINDI OR SANSKRIT!
In English, each consonant has its own
sound like B(bee), K(kay), F(eff), S(ess); unlike
Sanskrit, where, each consonant has its sound ending in अ(a), क(ka), प(pa), र(ra), श (sha), स(sa),ह(ha) etc.
#8 GRAMMATICAL THEORY IS NOT LIMITED
TO LANGUAGE. IT ALSO CONNECTS TO MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERS & EVEN QUANTUM
PHYSICS!
If you’d look into the origins of grammatical theory, you’d discover
that, it offers direct access to anyone to understand and gain insight into the
plane of alignment, where maths combines music, analytical combines intuitive,
spirituality combines science.
You’d be fascinated to discover that most of the computer languages
have their origins in the Sanskrit Grammar.
#9 SOUND IS THE SUBTLEST ELEMENT OF
GRAMMAR!
According to Quantum physics, each object is made up of some unique or
composite pattern of vibration.
Sanskrit’s consonants too are rooted in the root sound vibrations of
the universe – the vowels and consonants of Sanskrit are made up of these core
sounds – known as bijas – ancient
sages meditated on perceiving these bija sounds and gained inherent intuition
of the bija sounds of everything.
Sanskrit word is not only a label for an object but a reflection of the
bija sound vibration composing that object in its fundamental reality…
Sound is the subtlest element of grammar – manipulation of sounds and
words can allow the manipulation of matter – the reason why mantras are recited
during prayer or for peace of mind. It also relates to the various vibrational
frequencies mentioned in the field of quantum physics.
#10 SANSKRIT IS THE ONLY PERFECTED
LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD!
NASA declares Sanskrit as the “the only
unambiguous language on the planet”
Also called as the “Perfected Language” or
the “Self-made Language”, Sanskrit is said to be the number one language to be
learned to gain the understanding of linguistics as well as computers. It is the basis
of many common languages including Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi as well as computer
languages
Hundreds if not thousands of Sanskrit words
are found in Oxford dictionary today
#11 NO WORD HAS A FIXED MEANING!
Each word has a meaning
However, the meaning of a word is not
something which is constant. It fluidly changes from moment-to-moment and from context-to-context.
#12 SYLLABLES ARE BEATS OF THE
WORD. PHONEMES ARE SOUNDS OF A WORD!
A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound.
A syllable is the smallest unit of
pronunciation, consisting of a pair of a vowel and surrounding consonant(s).
A word is a collection of phonemes.
For example: The word “egg” consists of one
syllable “aig”, but two phonemes “ai + ga”
#13 HUMANS HAVE A UNIVERSAL
GRAMMAR!
There are thousands of kinds of grammatical theories corresponding to
the thousands of kinds of languages and sciences. According to the eminent
linguist, philosopher and scientist Noam Chmosky, there is no one rule which
underlies grammar in general, however, at the same time, all kinds of grammar
do have an underlying invisible grammar which he termed as the Universal Grammar.
This is a theoretical concept of grammar which discusses the genetic component
of language and proposes that human brain contains an innate mental grammar
that helps humans acquire language.
Just the way as kids intuitively understand, learn and speak language
without any technical knowledge of grammar.
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with which
we can craft jeweled ornaments and build towering castles; putting together the
pieces of our fragmented human selves;
and carving
a rich spectrum of all those tunes and rhythms
which cause
our heart to pulsate into a feeling - deep, intense and alive.
Though
vocabulary is not the first of things that makes one a good writer,
but it is a
decoration that surely embellishes the tapestry of one’s writing, whether it is
poetry or short story or novel or even a basic article.
Famous
writers speak of words
as being
those little gifts that we not only enjoy & relish,
but also reproduce
& share in ways
which make
millions of humans to think, feel and wonder.
So, in this
video show, you’re going to know and learn about an incredible tool related to
all things words; a tool that you’ll find to be utterly useful and interesting
in your own writing practice.
This tool
is called as
‘Visual
Wordboard’!
Overview: What is a Visual
Wordboard?
As its name
suggests, a ‘Visual Wordboard’ is a visual style word-based board created
specifically for the purpose of learning, storing, collecting & applying
new words in one’s writing.
Purpose & 5 utilities of
creating a Visual Wordboard
Typically,
a wordboard turns out to be a close variation of a moodboard,
a tool
which is mostly employed for design & art.
But when
coming to it in the scope of writing too,
a wordboard
is a tool of utter significance.
Here are
five exciting ways in which a wordboard turns to be a tool of function & utility.
#1A wordboard enables the visual
presentation of an idea, story or concept that you are writing about.
#2A wordboard is useful to present the
“feel” or the “essence” of an idea, whether it is a story, a topic or a book
that you’re writing.
#3A wordboard acts as a visual
depiction to explain the details of a story, scene, film, play, character or
idea in a snapshot or in a flash.
#4A wordboard is advantageous for
brainstorming ideas, such as, a setting for a scene, a character in the story,
poetry on a topic or theme, a blog post series etc.
#5A wordboard is a handy tool to capture
the words, phrases & shortform notes summarized from a book or articles you
read; a lecture you heard; an audiobook or a podcast you listened to; a film or
a video you watched.
7 Ideas on How to create a visual
wordboard
#1Select a Medium For Creating A
Wordboard
📚 Start by selecting the medium
best-suited to you for creating a wordboard.
📚You can create wordboards either in
a physical format (using a notebook, a set of prints, or a repurposed old book);
or in a digital format (docs, sheets, pdfs, images, or apps)
#2Create a Wordboard Journal!
📚 You can also dedicate an entire
notebook or a series of notebooks to create your own wordboard journals!
📚 You may also like to call it as your
Personal Wordbook, a term that is commonly used in the writers’ community!
#3Select a Theme for Your Wordboard
📚 You can create a wordboard in almost
any theme you want.
📚 Create a wordboard in your notebook
or computer by randomly jotting down all the words you like or you come across
or all the new words that you are learning or all the words that appear to
catch your interest while reading books, articles or while browsing anything on
the web.
📚Arrange the words in your wordboard
according to alphabets.
📚 If you are working on a writing
project, then you can create a wordboard specifically for the purpose of this
project; that is, by creating a wordboard of all the words that you’d like to
use or consider using in this project such as in a short story, in a novel or in
a longform guide.
📚 Create a wordboard based on the
theme of a particular form or style of writing. For example, “A wordboard for
blog writing” or “A wordboard for writing product descriptions” or “A wordboard
for Copywriting”.
📚 Create a wordboard on a theme based
on a niche or a genre. Such as, “A Wordboard for Fiction - Fantasy” or “A
Wordboard for Fiction - Romance” or “A Wordboard for Travel Writing” or “A
Wordboard for Web Content Writing” etc.
📚 Create a wordboard with ideas for
all the words to use while writing on a specific topic, which can be anything
from a blog title to a book, a movie, a writing prompt etc.
#4Create a List or a Glossary With
Wordboards
📚 Writers very well understand the
significance of writing/having lists and glossaries.
📚 Write your lists and glossaries in a
wordboard style with words/phrases arranged in a board style instead of a
tabular fashion.
📚 Imagine the notes pintucked in the
notice boards of your school, college or office.
📚 You can also create wordboards for catalogs,
& encyclopedic glossaries such as rhyming words, special dictionaries, thesaurus,
word groups etc.
#5Create a ‘Words+Visuals’ Style
Wordboard
📚 A Wordboard doesn’t have to be
limited to only words.
📚 Accompany your wordboards with
pictures, doodles, graphics, photographs, illustrations & other assortment
of visual elements to accompany the words in your wordboard
#6Select a Design For Your Wordboard
📚 Design your wordboard in a
Kindergarten-style Word Wall
📚 Design your wordboard like a Word
Family Wall, that
is, words grouped/bunched together into categories and pasted/tucked into your
notebook in bundles
📚 Create a Color-coded wordbook
Select
a colour theme or a colour palette to create your wordboard.
You
may like to use Sticky Notes for offering the colourful feel to your wordboard
📚 Create a wordboard with Flash Cards
& Journal Pockets
Design
a wordboard by making word flashcards, and by inserting them into little
journal pockets in your notebook
📚 Design a wordboard in digital style
Digitally
design your wordboard with the help of any design tool of your choice
📚 Design a Wordboard in a Word Cloud
Style
Word
clouds are literally clickable wordboards on the web. Design
a wordboard in the style of a web-based word clouds.
You
will find word clouds in tons of websites & blogs that usually displaying
keywords and tags
#7Create a Moodboard-style Wordboard
📚Write down words in a stream-of-consciousness
writing manner and when you’re done, create a wordboard out of it!
📚 A great way to curate, keepsake
& browse through your daily writing in a compact & picturesque manner!
other names/variations of a
wordboard
Wordboard
Wordboard Journal
Word Palette
Word Wall
Word Family
Word Flash Cards/Word Cards
Wordbook
Word Cloud
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In this video, I present 32 Lessons I Learned from Natalie Goldberg & her book Writing Down The Bones, as she explores the various parallels between the practices of Zen meditation and Writing!
#1 Trust your Mind & Have Confidence in your Experience
#2 Be in the Present Moment & begin from here
#3 Beginner's Mind & First Thoughts
#4 We are not the Poem
#5 Keep Your Hand Moving
#6 Allow yourself to write the worst junk in the world
#7 Give Yourself the needed Time~Space to Grow
#8 Writing is not a Pizza or a Burger
#9 Writing is a process of Composting
#10 Inspire yourself by Yourself
#11 Have a Sense of Wonder
#12 Bake the cake of your writing with depth of vulnerability. Follow your heart.
#13 Don't Use Writing To Get Love & When Love Gets You Don't Run Away From It
#14 Don't follow Rules only to follow the rules
#15 You don't have to be too dutiful towards something~ anything
#16 Go Further Than You Think You can
#17 Check Your Attitude on Success & Failure
#18 Don't Worry about Talent, Skill & Capability. Just Practice Your Craft.
#19 Let's Eat A Car, yes!
#20 Make Good Use of Your Loneliness
#21 Understand the Nature of Monkey Mind - Creator & Editor
#22 What to Write, What Not to Write & Writing Prompts
#23 Form, Style, Structure & Beyond
#24 Each moment is different. Accept your wholeness & write from it.
#25 On Writing a Memoir
#26 On Writing a Haiku in English
#27 What's your purpose for using the medium of writing? Be clear.
#28 Re-reading our own work
#29 Embrace Your Darkness & Shadows
#30 Teachers are everywhere. Support is omnipresent.
A
phrase that implies a cap containing bells, or having bells attached to it,
usually worn as a costume by a professional clown or a court’s jester.
It
is also known by the phrases such as the ‘FOOL’S CAP’ or the ‘JESTER’S HAT’.
#2 Houdini
A
magician or escape artist who possesses fine abilities to escape from chains,
locks, traps, mazes, handcuffs, padlocked containers, or difficult situations.
Someone
who disappears or vanishes all of a sudden without anyone knowing how.
The
term is coined after a famous French magician “HARRY HOUDINI”.
#3 Pandora’s Box
A
source of continuous trouble, problems, conflict or evil.
Something
when started, opened or initiated, leads to innumerable problems or unfortunate
events.
The
phrase has its origins in Greek mythology, according to which, the first woman
of Earth named ‘PANDORA’ unintentionally opened a box which was ‘not’ supposed
to be opened – a box of death, sickness, evil & all kinds of destructive
spirits.
