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From:
Valerie Sutton Date: Thu Sep 16, 1999 4:57 pm Subject: Writing not drawing | ||||||||
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Hi Everyone - A thought came to mind this morning .... In English, people say that we "draw a circle" but we "write the letter O" even though both symbols are the same. This is important from a psychological sense...some people see drawing as "less sophisticated" or "less meaningful" than writing. And because SW has a visual quality to it, I want people to realize that the symbols are meaningful, and are written by hand everyday. So for that reason, I choose not to use the term "draw" when referring to writing signs in SignWriting. SignWriting does not require artistic ability to write it....no more than writing English does, so I want to emphasize this.... Does it make a difference to any of you, when a person uses the term "draw" versus "write"? How do you feel about this? Valerie ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton..............................................SignWritingSite ................. https://www.SignWriting.org Deaf Action Committee for SignWriting...Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization...Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA | ||||||||
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