Literature, Science and Love

Strange, how this world works.  Or how the mind works - what is the difference? It occurred to me a few days back, that language can be a bridge, but it can also be a barrier to comprehension of each other. Take for example, poetry, or simply distilled language. Language, even at its purest form, can be misunderstood, tricky. A case in point: Robert Frost's famous yet often misinterpreted piece, "The Road Not Taken". So in the end, in more than one way, language, in all its utility, hinders our species' development. Of course, just imagine the synergy of minds we can have if we can read each other thoughts in their pure forms! I was also referring to how language marks the boundaries of our logic system. If only we can find a way to understand each other without a word written or spoken (though in a way, poetry is the closest thing with its trait of "show, not tell", or in other words, its ascension beyond the words), our comprehension of each other will be truly untainted. And I will now come to the gist of this piece: Love. How many times have lovers read each other's thoughts without words? As if they can hear the music in the beating of hearts, or the flow of blood, or read the shades of light in the eyes, the weight of a touch, the warmth of a hand. All these may act together or individually to send out signals like smoke. Romantic notions, I never thought, would be at the heart of our potential as a species. Now, look at how I have linked literature, science and love in one stroke!

All right, I had made most of these up as I went along, but with a vague idea in mind....