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SPEAKING IN GESTURES: THE ART OF CUI XIANJI

SPEAKING IN GESTURES: THE ART OF CUI XIANJI

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David Gibson
Dec 18, 2007
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SPEAKING IN GESTURES: THE ART OF CUI XIANJI
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All meaning begins with a mark. Whether intentional or accidental, it begins the long path from innocence to wisdom. We make or leave a mark, and then we judge its merit. Soon we add another mark, which is perhaps complementary to the first. Soon we have either a picture, or a language, or both. Whatever it is, it complicates our view of reality. Is it …

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