Having a day with no talking but only drawing pictures or acting out what you want to say is very challenging. One interesting experience I had today was at lunch when all my friends and I were trying to communicate by drawing pictures. One of my friends tried to ask me a simple question which was if I am going to the dance on Saturday. She started by drawing a picture of girls with their arms up and music notes in the background and a giant question mark over the picture and I could not figure out what she was trying to tell me. She tried to give me a further explanation but I still could not understand. This caused her to dance in her seat, which was quite comical.Then it finally clicked and I shook my head to let her know that I am not going. It is very hard to convey an accurate message with only drawing pictures and acting out what you want to say. It was also very frustrating that I interpreted others' messages the wrong way and others' interpreted my messages the wrong way, and others have absolutely no idea what I was attempting to tell them using no words.
Haha hey! I just posted my interpretation of our little adventure at lunch lol. I'm so glad you found my dancing "quite comical" ;-)
ReplyDeleteI agree that it was difficult to understand what people were trying to say with their whiteboards. You can't say something complicated (like asking if someone is going to a dance), just like you can't say something complicated with smoke signals.
ReplyDeleteI like your example about how it was difficult to understand that Jessica was trying to see if you were going to the dance. On a normal day this would've been easy for you to understand and give a quick response. Instead Jessica had to try her hardest through pictures and charades to get you to understand the question. This relly shows how limited a person can be from his or her medium.
ReplyDeleteBoiling frogs is very dangerous when it comes to communication.
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