[UA] OT: Thought and Language

[Cassady Toles]

On Sat, 21 Jul 2001 15:52:59 -0700 (PDT), ua at lists.uchicago.edu wrote:

  Hm... Is that really so bad though? Aside from the
  limitations words impose, is there any real reason to
  reform thought patterns into something dissassociated
  with spoken/written language besides just being cool?
  
Yep, visual and audial artists (painters, sculptors, musicians, and lighting
designers just to name a few) or any sort of three dimensional
designer/creator (engineers, draftsmen, plumbers, and welders just to name a
few) are all about shape, form, location.  We have to think in pictures
images, and concepts dissassociated with language to do what we do.  

Almost everything you touch on a daily basis was drawn by someone and built
by someone else.  Neither of those people could do that without thinking in
abstractions separated miles from language.

For the record, I think interchangable in either words or images depending
what I'm focusing on or doing at the time.  I usually think in english,
although when I'm thinking about relationships I tend to think in Spanish
(or pig spanish--Mario can tell you how bad my Spanish is).

Most real-world magical and spiritual traditions place great value on
visualization, but I won't say how "useful" that is for fear of people
thinking I'm a freak....

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