Q: Create own topic from Ch. 1
A: The topic I have chosen to be the most significant is meaning creating. Just as the text states meaning creating is most definitely the heart of all communication and interaction. Regardless if it is your boss or your significant other you develop your own "language" between one another. When people form groups or pairs they develop their own language. Often we see groups of friends go hang out together somewhere and they can refer a specific event that happened that is known only within the group because they were there together. A simple hand gesture or imitation of a sound could invoke a meaning that any third party will not and could not understand. Now, because of that shared memory and meaning of a word or sound or gesture they have created a deeper level of a relationship and communication. For example, friend A in a group can suddenly ask friend B "How was dinner last night?" and both friend A and friend B know that they were referring to the blind date that friend B was set up with while any other third part would think that the question could be just a simple conversation starter.
Hi G-Dragon,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your thoughts about how meaning is created. I think that it is definitely an area where a field of experience can overlap to create a broader understanding between two people. What I enjoy most about meaning being created is that two people do not necessarily have to be friends to have that shared giggle. For example, I recently went to a Ben Harper concert and I threw a hat onstage. Mr. Harper out it on his head and said, “This is way too nice of a hat, make sure the owner gets it back,” as he handed it back to the security guard. I was in stunned disbelief! There were over 20,000 people at this concert and someone just happened to find me after that had a beautiful picture of him in the hat! They sent me the picture and asked to take a picture wearing the hat (of which I obliged of course!). We are now friends on Facebook and we post every now again about if the hat is okay which is how we check in with one another! :)
Sea Star