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According to its kind, alphabetic or logographic, the left or right hemisphere will dominate a system's decipherment. Consequently, our native writing will position us to see the world according to the hemisphere that is most involved in its use.
Given that each brain hemisphere has a different way of organizing the world, each style of decipherment has far reaching consequences for how we organize our view onto the world, and what we will value in it. The two main approaches parallel the world's two main cultures, Western and Asian.
Usage of the alphabet first engages the left hemisphere, which fosters the ability to see parts in their relationships as cause and effect. In contrast, logograms first engage the right hemisphere and develop skill in noticing the whole before the parts.
Increasing use of the Internet has made it necessary for each of the two dominant cultures to take on aspects of the other's system--both in writing and in perception. We are all participating in the emergence of the literate whole brain.
Understanding how writing systems shape how we organize our perceptions and values is not only useful, but necessary in an increasingly interrelated world.
C.C. Elian is an artist whose media uses information, systems of codification, among others. Works include the creation of Elian script, a bi-hemispheric writing system, and the Chromatic Alphabet, which is based on wavelengths of visible light. http://www.ccelian.com
Given that each brain hemisphere has a different way of organizing the world, each style of decipherment has far reaching consequences for how we organize our view onto the world, and what we will value in it. The two main approaches parallel the world's two main cultures, Western and Asian.
Usage of the alphabet first engages the left hemisphere, which fosters the ability to see parts in their relationships as cause and effect. In contrast, logograms first engage the right hemisphere and develop skill in noticing the whole before the parts.
Increasing use of the Internet has made it necessary for each of the two dominant cultures to take on aspects of the other's system--both in writing and in perception. We are all participating in the emergence of the literate whole brain.
Understanding how writing systems shape how we organize our perceptions and values is not only useful, but necessary in an increasingly interrelated world.
C.C. Elian is an artist whose media uses information, systems of codification, among others. Works include the creation of Elian script, a bi-hemispheric writing system, and the Chromatic Alphabet, which is based on wavelengths of visible light. http://www.ccelian.com
