Comments on: Dreams and Story http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/02/13/dreams-and-story/ Embrace Heritage Skills from Your Tribal Past Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:59:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: The College of Mythic Cartography » Blog Archive » The Dream Interview http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/02/13/dreams-and-story/#comment-23985 The College of Mythic Cartography » Blog Archive » The Dream Interview Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:15:47 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/02/13/dreams-and-story/#comment-23985 [...] Dreams and Story [...] […] Dreams and Story […]

]]> By: Billy Metcalf http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/02/13/dreams-and-story/#comment-23630 Billy Metcalf Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:20:29 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/02/13/dreams-and-story/#comment-23630 http://www.moosehunt.doigriverfn.com/page.php?sectionid=3&pageid=8 http://www.moosehunt.doigriverfn.com/page.php?sectionid=3&pageid=8

]]> By: Willem http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/02/13/dreams-and-story/#comment-23628 Willem Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:32:55 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/02/13/dreams-and-story/#comment-23628 What fun you have with that kid. :) Yep, humans: readers of signs, tellers of stories. What fun you have with that kid. :)

Yep, humans: readers of signs, tellers of stories.

]]> By: Rix http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/02/13/dreams-and-story/#comment-23626 Rix Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:42:09 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2008/02/13/dreams-and-story/#comment-23626 As I watch my two year-old son's language and identification skills develop, I see the amazing ability that humans have to recognize patterns and tie them together. He not only knows that this thing that walks around on 4 legs and pants goes by the name of "dog" but he knows that the howling in the night next door and that the prints in the mud also belong to "dog". But even more than that, I feel amazed at how well children can recognize even really sloppy patterns. I can draw a lame picture of a dog and he knows to call it "dog" verses my lame picture of a cat (which he calls "meow".) He recognizes the differences between vacuums and hats and books and trucks -- and each one has a whole set of cues that let him know which word goes with the wobbly picture or the sound outside or the print in the mud or the tracks in the carpet. Also, I see how he eagerly anticipates the thing that he expects to come next. Just like we start singing the lyrics to the next song on the CD immediately after the first song ends, he waits and watches for patterns in the actions around him. He knows that brushing his teeth comes before kissing Mommy goodnight. He knows what happens on the next page of the bedtime book. I can't help but think that all these things point to the importance of recognizing signs and patterns and how we as humans have depended on them in order to eat. It stands as one of the things that makes us human. As I watch my two year-old son’s language and identification skills develop, I see the amazing ability that humans have to recognize patterns and tie them together. He not only knows that this thing that walks around on 4 legs and pants goes by the name of “dog” but he knows that the howling in the night next door and that the prints in the mud also belong to “dog”. But even more than that, I feel amazed at how well children can recognize even really sloppy patterns. I can draw a lame picture of a dog and he knows to call it “dog” verses my lame picture of a cat (which he calls “meow”.) He recognizes the differences between vacuums and hats and books and trucks — and each one has a whole set of cues that let him know which word goes with the wobbly picture or the sound outside or the print in the mud or the tracks in the carpet.

Also, I see how he eagerly anticipates the thing that he expects to come next. Just like we start singing the lyrics to the next song on the CD immediately after the first song ends, he waits and watches for patterns in the actions around him. He knows that brushing his teeth comes before kissing Mommy goodnight. He knows what happens on the next page of the bedtime book.

I can’t help but think that all these things point to the importance of recognizing signs and patterns and how we as humans have depended on them in order to eat. It stands as one of the things that makes us human.

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