Invisible Voice

I have been reading everyone's blogs for awhile now and I have started to realize more than ever an interesting thing that I do. In fact, I am sure this is nothing new to anyone and others may even do the same thing. I couldn't help but notice recently that whenever I am reading someones writings I actually hear their voice when I read it. For example, if it's Dave Harders blog I'm reading, I hear his voice in my head saying the words not my own. It's weird but I do this for eveyone's blog. It's amazing to me how I am so intune to each and everyones voice and that they are all so individually unique or different much like a finger print. I can't help the voice I hear even if I try to hear my own voice. The writters voice will always take precedence over my own voice. It's just amazing to me that in the silence of reading or thinking that I can hear everyone so loud and clear. It's like that saying,"If a tree fall in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound?" Well to me it does because I have heard what a tree would sound like if it fell and I would apply that to that event. Furthermore, this also works with books on me. If I went and read any Lord of the Rings Books now I probrably couldn't help but hear Elija Woods voice as Frodo or Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn Strider. It's a part of me that's so intune to a voice that it will stay with me where it applies.
Now you may be asking, "What about the people's voices you haven't heard?"
I have put this one to the test before. I have read other peoples blogs or writtings or books and I heard a totally separate voice that I haven't heard. It's just bizzar to me that I will put a random voice to the words. Then I go and actually meet the person or hear the person on t.v. for the book, and I find I am way off sometimes and sometimes I am very close on others. It's a strange thing to experience. Then I got to thinking about the Bible and the different people in it. When I read this I have put different voices in my head that apply to the person that is talking. I'm sure we all do this but I wonder just how off I am with some of the voices. A voice is a very important thing because it gives us recognition of someone or something even when they are not there and we can't see them. So I am left to wonder at times, is the voice in my head of Jesus when he speaks in the bible really accurate at all. Every time I read his teachings I hear the same voice. I couldn't really describe the tonality to you because it's hard. I would be saying something like:"well it's a manly voice and it's sort of soft with a bit of low end to it etc." That doesn't really help a whole lot for someone who is trying to understand how I hear the tonality of his voice It would even be hard to describe a persons voice that I have heard like Dave Harders to someone who hasn't heard it for themselves and really get accross to that person what it really sound like. I just wonder how off or maybey how close or even how bias it may be when it comes to the tonality of the voice of Jesus or God or Moses or Goliath or David's or anyone from any book. I wonder how a person of a different culture may hear the voice. For example, they may hear the voice in Hispanic sounding voice or a Russian type voice or even an ebonics or asian or greek or Irish or Italian or whatever style of tonality because they all have a certain timber or tamber to the sound. Much like one accoustic guitar will sound different than the next.
Anyway that's all I got for this log.
Oh, one last thing because I have to ask you. Did you hear my voice as you were reading this?


19 Comments:
Yes, I heard your voice. But now I wonder, if it was always there, or if I heard it because you mentioned it. :p
I have always done that too. I was reading a blog from deep in the Katrina disaster and his voice in my head had a creole twang to it. I am sure it was way different that what it really is. I don't even know if he grew up there.
No, I don't think I hear voices when I read. But I do see a mental image of the person's face who is writing. So I didn't hear your voice but I saw your face. Do you see faces also?
Georgia I'm glad you mentioned that. I don't hear a "voice" either but as you described the person's face comes to my mind as I read. If it's someone I don't know, it's like I imagine a face instead of a voice to go along. Interesting blog, AJ.
That's funny, I did hear your voice AJ. I remember when I read Uncle Tom's cabin, and Grapes Of Wrath, you could'nt help but put a certain voice to each character. Especially after you saw the movie.
I heard your guitar in the background...
i actually picture faces instead of voices, and that's why a comment page like this can cause some mental disconnect. who are all you people?
Well, since I've met you and seen you, I can picture your face, but since I don't really know you, I can't hear your voice... But people I know well, yes--I hear their voices...
Thanks for the interesting post...
I hear Rex Harrison . . . all the time.
Where does Charleton Heston fit with the voices?
I hear the voices too.
I do a little of each when I am reading stuff. Weird though, I tend to read faster when I put voices to words or even faces. But I read a little slower when I am just reading. Charleton Heston is in my head for a few things...Moses but not the Scofield, when guns are involved, when apes are involved.
David, is there music in the backround of good ole Rex. Ah man, now I have Rosenberg in my head yelling "pay attention".
If I could talk with the animals . . .
Hey no Rosenberg on this blog "k" it stings me.
..."rosebud"...
I'll bet that visual people see faces and we who are more audio (singers, instrument players etc.) hear the voices.
Come to think of it AJ, if you're hearing voices...they have medication for that. And maybe a nice jacket too. :D
voices, most definately voices. good blog topic too btw.
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