Hamlet

I caught this at KLPac on its first day of showing. Kayson, whose friend was acting in the play, invited Josh and I to go. (His friend turned out to be the funny guy who plays Polonius.) We were among the first ones to get into Pentas 2 (the hall they were using) so we got awesome second-row seats. It was my first time watching a Shakespearean play. I used to read all of Shakespeare's plays when I was younger. Sadly, all I could remember of Hamlet before I watched them perform was that someone killed someone else by pouring something into his ear. And that everyone dies in the end. Aha. I was right. (LOL)

Watching this reminded me yet again that language is not just a form of communication. It is an art. A beautiful stream of consciousness transferred from one person to another. It can be used in such marvelous ways and yet, most of the time is reduced to being solely a means of getting a message across. No thought is given to the way the words are strung together, the way it comes out of the mouth, the way it affects the atmosphere. Words are so powerful.

"I do wish language weren't a luxury. That perfectly articulated words were in everyone's possession."
-Rachel Kong