Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Turing test
From: Afterswift@aol.com
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 16:33:28 EDT

In a message dated 8/8/03 12:28:04 PM, aalmansi@yahoo.com writes:

<< To represent something (before a particular audience),
one needs to find the "sign" that can be interpreted
(by that particular audience, but not necessarily by
everybody else)as that thing one wants to represent.
 >>

It's amazing how quickly the viewer accepts a consistent convention, whatever 
his or her cultural background.
It seems human nature to learn quickly if some orienting symbol is repeated.

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