Notice the silence, the listening that fills and clears the space. The listening brings a human presence to whatever is. The listening is cleared for and constitutive of an ongoing discourse that is particularly evident in the silence. The silence is in-formed by a lifetime and a human history of speaking words. The consciousness that attends and holds open the space for discourse has been in-formed by language.
Language provides a kind of architecture that sustains the shape and openness of consciousness.
Think of the difference between hearing your child cry with glee at seeing you and hearing your somewhat older child say, hi daddy. The hi daddy, does the same and something more. The felt sense of hearing the hi daddy, gives greater throw, specificity, articulates and links the articulation to the world of greetings and good-byes. Words make the absence present. This word is a fluid piece of architecture that in-forms consciousness and frees that consciousness for the openness of being with me even when I am not there.