"Captain, I find this completely illogical."

          I can't think. I don't have the proper capacity to do so. Instead I base my speech on emotion, something that my dear fictional friend Mr. Spock would find completely illogical. Now I would say I fear my thinking as much as I fear acting, and I've never figured out why. Being introduced to theorists such as Jerome Bruner in my English 105 class has forced me to begin thinking. I can no longer escape the severe musings in what is called my mind. This being said I find Bruner's theories to not only have unhinged my thought process but to alter how I think.
          Bruner defines language as a social construction explaining how it is not part of the natural world. Language already forces a perspective on communicators and the human role in the world. Bruner demonstrates humanity's close relationship to language through is explanation of how the first thing young children learn when learning speech is first and second speech therefore distinguishing themselves as individuals. In this way, language becomes the instrument in how we define ourselves.
          If language distinguishes who we are in relation to the world (becoming aware that we are "I" or "me") then certainly language can shape how we perceive both the world and ourselves. There is nothing inherent about language, allowing it to be molded or sculpted into different perceptions. Each word holds concepts created by language, a social construct, then all we know can be considered a social construct or concept. Though Bruner does not necessarily definitively state this, his ideas have allowed me to understand that when my search for a logical voice or thought process is not warranted.
          I am searching for an inherent part of myself that doesn't exist. Bruner has made me realize that my thought process is a construction and I must adjust it to fit what I am looking for instead of waiting for it to appear. I feel something weight has been lifted off my shoulders as I am not trapped in a world without my brain (does this remind you of the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz? I totally feel that vibe...) but have the freedom to choose how to shape it. I don't know if that is how or what Bruner intended or if this makes any sense but he has altered how much power I think I have. I feel like I am talking about secret Jedi abilities (which I so totally have). :P

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Did I just crack a Star Trek and Star Wars joke in one blog? Why, yes I did. Yay nerdiness!