- Kate Elizabeth
How many times have i said?
Updated: Apr 19, 2018
Words are so absolutely vital. The truly are like verbal painting - the right one adds depth and tone and patina. We so often fall into the same patterns, I mean how often do any of us pick up a dictionary (or open the app on our phone) to check a meaning or find an alternative.

As I break open topics for my art, I write down my thought process.
It allows me to refine my thinking, to go off on tangents, to return to the original idea with a fascination like our tongue seeking a gap-tooth or a burn on the roof of our mouth.
It allows me to choose words I wouldn't normally and to choose many words to try and pin down an elusive thought.
In cleaning out my studio I found a list of alternative words for said I wrote in grade four, all in beautiful cursive:
Acknowledged
Added
Admitted
Advised
Agreed
Announced
Answered
Approved
Argued
Assumed
Assured
Asked
Babbled
Bargained
Began
Boasted
Bragged
Called
Claimed
Commanded
Commented
Complained
Cried
Decided
Demanded
Denied
Described
Dictated
Emphasized
Estimated
Exclaimed
Explained
Expressed
Feared
Giggled
Grinned
Grunted
Indicated
Insisted
Instructed
Laughed
Lectured
Lied
Mentioned
Moaned
Mumbled
Murmured
Nagged
Noted
Notified
Objected
Observed
Ordered
Pleaded
Pointed out
Prayed
Predicted
Questioned
Reassured
Related
Repeated
Replied
Responded
Requested
Restated
Revealed
Roared
Ruled
Scolded
Screamed
Shouted
Shrieked
Snapped
Sneered
Sobbed
Spoke
Sputtered
Stammered
Stated
Stormed
Suggested
Taunted
Thought
Told
Urged
Uttered
Vowed
Wailed
Warned
Whispered
Even back then I was fully exploring a topic, pushing it to the edge. Or so I insisted.