{"id":66,"date":"2005-03-02T12:06:42","date_gmt":"2005-03-02T16:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/metasj\/2005\/03\/02\/language-free-flash-in-the-collective-"},"modified":"2005-03-02T12:06:42","modified_gmt":"2005-03-02T16:06:42","slug":"language-free-flash-in-the-collective-pan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/2005\/03\/02\/language-free-flash-in-the-collective-pan\/","title":{"rendered":"Language-free Flash in the collective Pan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You all know I’m a huge fan of language-free communication<\/span>.
\nThat is, using definitions of “language” and “communication” that are
\nproductively different.  (If they are synonyms in your idiolect, I
\nmay have a hard time expressing this notion to you in English!) <\/p>\n

Done properly, it is faster and more thorough than any language could
\nbe.  So I collect stories, puzzles, instructions, snake-charming
\ntechniques — anything with a didactic, connection-forming, or
\notherwise predictable effect — that are independent of language. 
\nThe more universal the effect, and the more specific the concepts
\nconveyed, the better.  <\/p>\n

Here are from two [groups of] animators whose work I love, though each
\nis sprinkled
\nwith morsels from specific languages or cartoon-cultures… for the
\nfirst, you should know what cats, rabbits, and love-icons look like in
\ncartoon form, and live in a world with coffee-vending machines and
\nelevators.  For the second, well, you only need some experience
\nwith hammers and nails, and with larger creatures eating smaller ones.<\/p>\n