Is explaining a difficult art?

Question

Is explaining a difficult art?

Answer 1

Yes. Especially if the question itself is either so stupid or unintelligible that you can't understand what they are asking.

Answer 2

no.

not really.

except sometimes.

when things get more complex.

they require further explication and illustration..

Answer 3

i think it depends on what it is you're explaining and who you're explaining it to. but i think it is.

certainly at least i like to think of it as an art. and like any other art anybody can do it, so it's not difficult in that sense, but i guess how difficult it is depends on how good you are at it.

anybody can push the keys on a piano but playing mozart is hard.

Answer 4

Yes, it's one thing just to do something, it takes a different part of the brain to tell someone else how to do it. We have a saying in medicine, "watch one, do one, teach one."

Many people hate it & stink at it. I've taught horsemanship to children, trained employees in my field & helped my husband learn to cook. For me it's a sharing of ideas and I usually learn something too.

Answer 5

its   very difficult.. if one does  not know  how  yes!!

Answer 6

Only if you're  talking to a close minded person.

Answer 7

It becomes an art when you realize that your message (that is clear in your mind) isn't being translated to another person.  That can happen because of various reasons, in particular it is difficult to try and convey the same meaning of a phrase clearly to someone in another language.  For instance, I speak English and some Italian, my parents first language is Italian and they speak some English.  Having in-depth conversations on serious subjects can be difficult and is an art to explain things from both of our perspectives.

Then there is the time when you may both speak the same language but find it difficult trying to convey something to someone and the reason may be they just don't have the same mind set, understand of, or passion for a subject that you might have and visa versa.  So then it becomes an art to sort out where to start to explain things well enough to get your point made.  You spend your lifetime explaining so I guess you must get better at it you'd think, but it remains a difficult art.

Answer 8

No! You've only completely understood something when you have no difficulty explaining it. Only once you can fully explain your ideas that you have truly comprehended and understood, what you are trying to convey or explain.

Simply if you understand than there must be no difficulty. Ever heard explain it to me like you would to a five year old. Once you can explain to a five year old, you fully understand.

People often say to me,

I understand what you are talking about intellectually, but I don’t really feel it, I don’t realize it,

and I am apt to reply,

"I wonder whether you do understand it intellectually, because if you did, you would also feel it."

~ (Alan Watts)

Answer 9

Yes.

You need to understand the thing you are explaining - that's the easy bit. The hard bit is putting it so that the other person understands it.

It is roughly the difference between lecturing and teaching.

Answer 10

it depends upon whether or not the one you are explaining to, is listening with an open heart... [then you have communication]

but if their heart has become a 'heart of stone'... you might as well try explaining to a rock. \./