I mentioned to a class today that sometimes when I'm struggling with a piece of writing that I can't quite 'get' - especially a tricky poem - I read it out loud and surprisingly often something clicks. I didn't expand further on this, but it occurs to me that I experience something similar if someone asks me to explain something I'm not quite sure of. When I try to articulate my understanding I frequently find myself clarifying what it is I think I understand and, again, ''getting it' in a way I don't think I really did before I started talking. It's all a bit odd.
And here's a further thought. Putting all this in writing can help precipitate what seems an even deeper, or possibly more confident, undertanding.
Of course, there's always the possibility of being wrong and just not knowing it. But that's all part of the fun, I suppose.
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