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Loading ...Inarticulate started with some ideas Neil put together and then Jeremy and I followed on by layering on top of his original mix. Lyrically, the song speaks to ideas brought up by Sonja Sohn at the most recent TEDx MidAtlantic. When I attended the event, Sonja’s final spoken word piece struck me particularly and stuck with me.
Her project, Rewired for Change, is a non-profit group attempting to help deter violent behavior in Baltimore by stepping in and helping people find ways to help understand and cope with the stress in their lives. In her speech, she specifically mentions poetry as a means of expression for these young people to help them understand themselves and their surroundings, which is something I often think of whenever I’m writing my own works.
In my eyes, violence is born of emotional misunderstanding. Those who go through difficult or disturbing experiences may have difficulty understanding the impact of these experiences. This internal misunderstanding can manifest itself in a multitude of ways, including violent behavior or depression. However, I feel that finding a way to express this internal conflict in poetry, music, visual art or other avenues of expression can help bring to light these concerns and help those experiencing pain to cope with it.
This is the core of what Inarticulate speaks to lyrically. Many people in crushing circumstances often feel that they can do nothing to compete with their environment. They don’t know how to see that there are ways out of pain or depression and into more positive circumstances. Inarticulate speaks to this and notes how something as simple as writing down your thoughts can help break you free of these constraints or at least understand them in a way that helps to reduce of the stress of them.
