More spaces

Saturday 8.06pm


I talk too much

Quite soon I’ll be doing a presentation to a group of people. It is part of a job interview and I have never done anything like this before. The thought is both scary and exciting - I’m quite looking forward to it. Now because it is something unknown, all sorts of thoughts are constantly going through my mind about what may happen. And these thoughts are also colouring what I see around me. For instance we went to the movies today and saw “Night at the museum 2”. Having not seen the first one I wasn’t sure what I was in for but it was great much better than I expected and well worth seeing. Aside from the film itself, and Amelia Earhart’s tight trousers, I found myself listening to the actors and the way they spoke and presented the script. And that is when I realised - I talk too much.

As you may know I love lettering, but just as important as the letters themselves, what makes them beautiful is the spaces between the letters and words - the way they all fit together. And today I finally saw that it is the same with speaking. The shape of the spaces between the words are just as important as the words themselves. It is the spaces that give shape, texture and colour to what you say.

So I’ll be trying to talk less from now on. And thinking about it this will have another benefit - the rest of you might get a word or two in as well . . .


Life is never dull when you have new challenges.