Is there meaning if one is approached in a menacing way with gun or  
knife
  in his hand, without saying a word.
Armando (mando)Baeza

On Apr 26, 2008, at 7:22 AM, Chris Miller wrote:

> Polanyi seems to be wondering -- what if all meaning is not text --
> can never be remade as words -- and yet still be necessary to do  
> certain jobs
> -- or create certain effects.
>
> For example - the monitor of the Polanyi listserv is concerned with  
> how to
> train patients to operate some of the complex medical devices they  
> must take
> home with them.
>
> And then we might ask -- what are the kinds of meaning that can --  
> or cannot
> --  be remade with words?
>
>
>
> William wrote:
>
>
> "Now I wonder if all meaning is text.  No words, then
> no meanings.  Not even with visual art or the
> performing arts.  Which raises another question:
> Can sensations be echoed by images and sounds (as in
> cries or music) that have no meaning until remade as
> words (with a necessary loss)?"
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