language
Eunoia: Words that Don't Translate
eunoia.world
The people who get to impose their metaphors on the culture get to define what we consider to be true.
~Lakoff & Johnson
That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.
-The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
And so, while language is necessary, it does a disservice to reality. In attempting to describe the indescribable, words constrain reality. Through simplifications, generalizations, and connotations they mischaracterize and water it down. They fail to capture the complexity, uniqueness, and dynamism of life. And as a result, we never truly see,... See more
The Pursuit
"economy of words"
Love bombing, gaslighting, and the problem with pathologising dating talk
James Greigdazeddigital.com
Words shape our ideas, how we see the world, and how we relate to one another. As design teacher and researcher Anne Galloway says:
Language makes it possible for us to navigate places and relationships; to express needs and requirements;... See more
“Language doesn’t just make things—it assembles, cobbles together, entire worlds and all the relations within.”
Language makes it possible for us to navigate places and relationships; to express needs and requirements;... See more