Taylor Mali's Writing

The Poem differs in its two recensions in that, although you can hear the speaking in both, one requires the audience to read as well as listen. It is almost as if we are reading an audio book where the words pop up in all different directions and places. The fact that the words are not restricted to standard black-white, left-to-right horizontal format adds a certain personality to the speaking as well. A personality which differs from that which is portrayed when the audience can actually see the speaker. When we are permitted to see the speaker, we can see and hear which aspects of his writing which he wants to put further emphasis on. The writer also has the ability to act and be apart of his writing to better send the point across to us as an audience. However, there is something about the textual writing space which forces us to become more involved in the writer's work. Everything that the speaker/writer says is pushed deeper into our understanding when we are able to see what exactly he is saying, especially while he is saying it. It is almost as if, upon hearing and seeing the words, the point is automatically reiterated for us. We have no other option but to take in what he is saying, as opposed to when we are watching and may be distracted by the reader's expressions, though it is not frowned upon to include expression in one's reading as, to some, it can prove to be just as helpful in receiving an argument.