ABSTRACT
Consider the last time you had a good conversation. Were you animated? Excited? Involved? Did you reflect on something important to you? Articulate a long held but not frequently said feeling? Reconsider a previously held conviction? Tell or hear a story? Gain insight into someone else’s perspective? Feel a sense of human connection? Feel pierced by sadness or compassion? Recoil in disgust? Share a moment of laughter and high spirits? Conversation flows throughout our days like water and air. With family, friends, at work, in school hallways, in stores, on the sidelines of sporting events, among parents watching children play in a local park, humans interact through talk.
