Esoteric Linguistics
Thinking about how letters are like the tent-poles of words. Alphabets, numbering systems are defined not jut by the idea of sequence but of the particular identities of the component digits themselves. Continuum is the wave which arises as an emergent property of digital components in a sequence or spatial arrangement. The early letters ABCDE have a decidedly different feel than ZYXWV, just as Hydrogen, Carbon and Oxygen feel different than Uranium, Plutonium, and Radium. Simplicity has a flavor, and so does complexity. 1,2,3 are different from 7,8,9,10 - Red is different from X-rays. It's not just an arbitrary designation, it's a waveform defined by the resonance of the interfering particles with the medium of it's context.
This idea can be extended to a general ontological principle (like ya do) to describe how meaning is transduced from one layer of perception to another. Lines, curves, angles, dots are visual components of visual-phonetic crossover letters, which themselves are cognitive codes which parse out conceptual messaging. Aggregate of words and phrases are like the tentpoles of a language - which carries it's own idiosyncratic charge of novelty which in turn shapes and guides the growth and development of the words, phrases, idioms, and literature of the language-culture.
Through it all basic principles of contact and adjacency are critical. Like genetic codons, atomic valence, and stellar gravitation, proximity is a big deal. The further away something is from something else, the less relation occurs between them. Consciousness functions a bit differently I think. Memory can substitute for closeness to some degree. Technologically mediated closeness aids the process, spinning a web of hyperreality and externalized shared memory.
This idea can be extended to a general ontological principle (like ya do) to describe how meaning is transduced from one layer of perception to another. Lines, curves, angles, dots are visual components of visual-phonetic crossover letters, which themselves are cognitive codes which parse out conceptual messaging. Aggregate of words and phrases are like the tentpoles of a language - which carries it's own idiosyncratic charge of novelty which in turn shapes and guides the growth and development of the words, phrases, idioms, and literature of the language-culture.
Through it all basic principles of contact and adjacency are critical. Like genetic codons, atomic valence, and stellar gravitation, proximity is a big deal. The further away something is from something else, the less relation occurs between them. Consciousness functions a bit differently I think. Memory can substitute for closeness to some degree. Technologically mediated closeness aids the process, spinning a web of hyperreality and externalized shared memory.