Department of English and European Languages Central University of Himachal Pradesh Dharamsala, Kangra-176215 (H.P.)
Online published on 29 March, 2012.
Self-expression is one of the most basic needs of human beings and one of the seminal ways in which self can be expressed is through the articulation of one's deepest desires, fears and feelings. Often, this expression is at odds with surrounding society and this necessitates courage to still be oneself unmindul of the consequence. Else, the urge to live life true to one's inner reality precipitates an escape from the environs that constrain one's individuality. It is further, true that expressing the self does not predicate the realizacion to the self in psychological or philosophical terms. It only implies the urge within a person to be able to asseverate the feeling, the thought, the moment, no matter how bewildering or tenuous. Besides finding an identity through place and the past, a person also establishes identity through expression-functional and creative. Therefore, together with the continuous process of finding a place, the unceasing endeavours to be heard, seen, acknowledged and articulated are important to human beings. This aspect of voicing is particularly pronounced in people who have either been silenced or who have never found an opportunity for self-espression.
