Blog 40 Interpretation
October 24, 2015
As one can imagine interpreting thoughts Ideas,
meanings expressions or jesters are a very important part of daily communication.
A lot of these interpretations more often than not are brought visual jesters
rolling of the eyes or by looking away, a shrug of the shoulders. If your visual
impaired these jesters can be missed! As
someone who is visual impaired more often than not we can hear the stress or
anger, or the sadness in someone voice that gives a distinction of where that
person is head in their conversation or even story telling. Another
way interpreting is through writing such as Shakes spear, Yeats, and Shaw to
name a few . Their writing are sometimes boring, but can also be inspiring they
can make you think, they can move you, and could even inspire you!
I found myself in a Irish Literature course last
semester as part of minor. I right smack dab in the middle of interpreting poems
and short stories Yeats, Shaw Lady Gregory.
I found out something very important I am TERRIBLE at
it! I would sit down listen write what I
thought they were trying to say only to sit in class and find out what that
what I wrote was wrong. One time we were
talking about one part of a poem and I drew a comparison to another poem and
the prof said NO it had nothing, to do with anything it was just a filler in
the poem.
I asked her what she meant by that she then told me
I have to interpret what the poet was saying. I then told
her that was impossible because I just told you what I thought and you told me
it was wrong. So it is not what I think he is trying to say it is what you
think he is saying that is correct . She then asked me to see after class.
She explained many scholars have written the interpretation
of these poems. I said OH so it is their interpretation I should know? She got
upset and told me that I do not understand, I told her I understood completely
I also told I gave up interpreting what things meant after my first wife!
Needless to say she was not happy with that comment
but I passed the course and we never spoke again. As I look back on many times
in my life I have never been a person who interpreters very well like in a conversation
for example now understanding that some people have a good command of the langue
however they must put hidden meaning in what they say. I realized I am not very
good at picking that up either I always believed that if you want something ask
for it, if you got something to say, say it!
I guess that’s why I had trouble in the Army some Officers
or Sargent would give you and order you
would follow it someone else would come along with a higher rank yell at you
and when tell them who told you to do
it, that person would Say “ No I did not mean that”.
So I understand that I need to be told directly
needs to done or what I can or can’t do there cannot be room for me to interpret
on my own.
You are probably wondering where this is all going.
It has been known from time to time that I like to do DIY projects. No nothing
crazy besides I have no more power saws! lol
You know hammering nail, soar thumbs, sanding tables
little painting projects here and there, are they perfect no but there fun.
People ask me how I can see to do it I tell them the
trick is do not get distracted if do you will never find were you stop. Do
small section at a time and only stop when you are finished. The big questions I get is how does it look
when your done I say “ It looks fine to me”! lol
It may need a touch up here and there but most paint
jobs do anyways when it dries. Which leads me to this my wife and I have planning
to paint the bather since July 2015 every time we plan to paint something comes
up. After while I stopped planning! The last couple of weekends we have made it
plan to get the painting done but again something came up. So I asked if she wanted
me to paint the bathroom and of course she said no she will get it done. On Thursday this week our toilet seat broke so
asked to one up on the way home from work, nothing fancy, nothing expensive,
cheap like the good Scots man I am.
So hears were the interpretation problem comes in.
She came in with this fancy wooden seat polished fittings. I told that is not
cheap, and her reply “ well it was on sail” there you one misunderstanding it
was on sale so therefore cheaper than it originally was.
She then explained how nice it will look when the
bathroom was is painted? I told her “ but I need to change the seat tomorrow?
She said I know.
So today I painted the bathroom and put the new
toilet seat on. It is not a big bathroom but as I understood it that since I
had to change the toilet first I should paint bathroom. It came out great a few
touch ups here and there but it got done. All the pictures were hung and towel
rack put back on and light switch covers put on all before she got home.
Before that my oldest son came by the house and
asked me,
Wasn’t mom painting the bathroom? I said no she told
me that the new toilet seat would look good once the bathroom was painted, so I
painted the bather and put the new toilet seat on. He said “so that is how you
understood it”!
When my wife came home after work she went to the
bathroom and laughed. She came and told how good it looked and she was happy it
was done!
What else could she say I only Interpreted what she
told me.
