"The meaning of a particular thing is enabled by the web of implicit meaning we call the world" (170).
I think pages 169 and 170 explain that quote really well; we cannot define one specific object if we have not defined the objects surrounding it. We have unspoken knowledge of some things which helps us to constantly gain new understanding of what surrounds us.
This quote reminded me of the way I used to look up definitions in the dictionary and had to constantly look up new words to grasp the meaning of the original one. My mom had to often give me a simplified definition before I understood. Being young, I had in many cases not been exposed to the implicit (or even explicit) meaning of things in the world. Even now I need to expand my research to grasp the meaning of things such as politics.
In the third order of order one object is characterized and organized not based on the first letter of its name compared to another. It's organization often relies on its connection to the other object, Weinberger describes the connection such as the tag California bringing up pictures of San Francisco, San Jose and the Golden Gate (167). Even without the California tag on a specific picture, we know (implicitly) that San Francisco is in California, therefore many of us would not take the time to tag it as such.
For my drawing I chose to "illustrate" Enya's song Flora's Secret. I'm not sure I did such a great job making the implicit explicit, but I tried to focus more on how I connect to the song; to link this song to me a computer would have to know that I'm from a foreign country (Enya's "foreign island"), that my Grandparents' hometowns remind me of long green grass and blue skies and that my own hometown is full of willows.
Willow: http://dracoart-stock.deviantart.com/art/Willow-Tree-2-22158486
Field: http://eirian-stock.deviantart.com/art/BG-Dandelion-Field-152980595
I think pages 169 and 170 explain that quote really well; we cannot define one specific object if we have not defined the objects surrounding it. We have unspoken knowledge of some things which helps us to constantly gain new understanding of what surrounds us.
This quote reminded me of the way I used to look up definitions in the dictionary and had to constantly look up new words to grasp the meaning of the original one. My mom had to often give me a simplified definition before I understood. Being young, I had in many cases not been exposed to the implicit (or even explicit) meaning of things in the world. Even now I need to expand my research to grasp the meaning of things such as politics.
In the third order of order one object is characterized and organized not based on the first letter of its name compared to another. It's organization often relies on its connection to the other object, Weinberger describes the connection such as the tag California bringing up pictures of San Francisco, San Jose and the Golden Gate (167). Even without the California tag on a specific picture, we know (implicitly) that San Francisco is in California, therefore many of us would not take the time to tag it as such.
For my drawing I chose to "illustrate" Enya's song Flora's Secret. I'm not sure I did such a great job making the implicit explicit, but I tried to focus more on how I connect to the song; to link this song to me a computer would have to know that I'm from a foreign country (Enya's "foreign island"), that my Grandparents' hometowns remind me of long green grass and blue skies and that my own hometown is full of willows.
Willow: http://dracoart-stock.deviantart.com/art/Willow-Tree-2-22158486
Field: http://eirian-stock.deviantart.com/art/BG-Dandelion-Field-152980595
