Metaverbal
Communication that is “beyond words” from meta, Greek for beyond, and verbum, Latin for word. Examples of metaverbal communication are: images in the visual arts, instrumental music, or healing by touch. Diamond believed that the deepest and most potentially healing communication is metaverbal, as the baby’s life is entirely so until the development of language. As a healer, he applied the concept particularly to his Life Energy paintings, which he believed, because of their metaverbal nature, have the ability to help people at a deeper level than, for instance, a seminar or a book.
See also: Life Energy Art*
Quote: “To communicate from as deep a level, as possible, words get in the way. I hope they cause you to at least come in the door, but from then on, metaverbal communication will take you further.” (“The Metaverbal Power of Art”)
Timeline: 2010 on.
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