whispers

.how do deaf whisper to each other?.

from where i would normally sit in church, i can see a section of the ground floor pews filled with the hearing impaired. i would occassionally glance at them as a lead person hurriedly 'signs' whatever is being said or sang. i would pick up a sign here and then.

this morning though, a man from behind me asked his companion, 'how do deaf whisper to each other?' i think he was either attempting to ellicit a giggle or he was just plain insensitive. i would venture to say that its the latter. nonetheless, it made me think...

when you whisper to another, a secret is being passed. does that mean the hearing impaired does'nt have to hide anything from each other? no secrets. a blissful state.

it's just sad though that we who hear are outsiders in their world of codified gestures and expressions.
kyrie