I really liked the symbolism used here. Even if one had trouble picturing just how distorted a map has to become in order to create a flat image from a round surface, I think we could all picture a peeled orange, and how little the peel would resemble the original shape if flattened out on the table. How could we create a rectangular peel from what was taken off? Right away, we're confronted with the difficulty map-makers experience when trying to convert the world onto a map. It's not a perfect analogy, but the comparison between the Earth's surface and an orange peel certainly helps us visualize the problem.

We construct meaning in the world. Our meaningverse is our construction. BUT it is a cultural construction, it was constructed by all the meaning I learned from others, especially beginning with the most significant other,, our mother.

The "why" is invisible. It is the thoughts in the private worlds of the other. Motor actions are what makes these thoughts somewhat visible, especially speech and writing...in other words, our use of language.

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Being able to picture the person in a physical context in which one has walked.