Re: conlanging and journaling

>Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote:
>For me it was all of that, but even before that encountering
>the Ape language (Mangani) in Tarzan comic books.
Mangani!  What memories came flooding back when I read that!  Thank
you.  I had forgotten all about that.  I no longer remember what
sparked my interest in conlanging, but I'd  lay odds it was my
introduction to Mangani & my creating sentences & dialogues with it.
Decades later & having earned some language credits, I was able to
begin my own conlang.

I was quickly diverted, however, to my conculture.  Although I enjoy
immensely working with my conlang, it has become, for me, a vehicle
for creating a conworld.  Increasing the lexicon enables me to
envision what is available to my conworld.  I regret that I have
neither composition nor artistic skills so that I could record
visually & aurally scenes from my conworld.  For some time I have
wished I could create an animated feature of the "novel" that spins
around in my brain.

At the risk of revealing too much about myself, I will say that my
conworld is my quiet place.  I go there in periods of stress or
recreation to refresh myself.  While there I can envision who is
there, what is available, what could happen.

Thanks again, Benct

Charlie

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