Real quick Review here. This is a great book based on "Jungian" psychology and would be most likely very helpful to US Army Foreign Area Officer's (FAO's) and US Department of State personnel (can utilize US DVA as well as Merchant Sailors) the world over, but needs to be utilized- I Think- in conjunction with other material's and or "discipline's” as found on Amazon.com. (see attached photo presentation)
I never understood why FAO's were "paid" to go spend hours looking at "painting's and such in museum's etc..... I knew it was part of understanding the "Kultura" or culture and history of "host" nations, but the amount of time other's spent looking at art work was as if looking for the "solution" to a "jig-saw" puzzle????
Perhaps this "work" will assist, all I know is at the US Department of Veteran Affair's- the US DVA- "providers' got visibly concerned when I tried reading books by Carl Jung!!!! Never understood why nor still do....
This book, in one-are two pages, explains the “myth” and history behind a “host” of myriad symbols found in all different types of “art-work” in an user-friendly understandable form, all within a wide array of cultural and historical context’s!
To this author, understanding, culture and history, of a "host" nation people is nothing more than a "tool" or "chit" in the bucket to accomplishing one's "military" mission on behalf of the US Military and/or “The National Interest of ALL US Citizens!” (the challenge here is “always” to define in common language the ever “evolving” National Interest- beyond Trade Relations!)
To that end one, in my, opinion must do a lot of things to get "folks" to open up and accept one in a “Host Nation”, to hopefully "work" better with them, specifically when conducting “complex” "Combined/Joint" operations, which are “inherently” – to some degree “error” prone- due to the same said “cultural” differences like the US military advisor's in Iraq and Afghanistan, etc..... face on a daily 24/7 basis…...
In a way- this book- visually, illuminates, some of the “challenges/barrier’s” to communication or “common” core understanding, as the “art” depicted and described in this book can be “interpreted” many different ways by many different cultures or National “identities.”
Anyway- my two cent's worth... others' can "chime" if so desire.....??????
PS: I forgot to add that as “either a Hostage or Guest” of both the Federaland Local State of Alabama Government’s I observed “prisoner’s” doing some of the most “gifted” art’s and craft’s one has seen. They could draw and or “sketch” pictures as well a Leonardo Da Vinci or Galleo, and could “hand-work” leather to rival any of the “finest” “Leather House’s” of Europe and Asia! Leather working alone is becoming a lost art in the US. Additionally, and sadly, they could also do Native American Bead Work, etc… to a very high proficiency! Coincidentally where I live on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay, the Town of Fairhope, Alabama sponsor’s an “Annual Fairhope Art’s and Craft’s Festival” around mid-March, every year. “Volk” from all over the nation and abroad flock to this every year. This would be a great opportunity for some of these hopefully, now, “freemen” or as the author of “Dune” would say- freemen!,” to showcase their wares, and perhaps pick up a “Sponsor/Patron” or two to “build” a legitimate business…..just an idea! However, so they can relate, and incorporate so “common” symbology- I would recommend at least “perusing” this great book first!”
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Must Mand. Read- US Army Foreign Area Officer's(FAO's)/US Dept. of State The World Over- Further Assist "Kultura"Understanding
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2018
Real quick Review here. This is a great book based on "Jungian" psychology and would be most likely very helpful to US Army Foreign Area Officer's (FAO's) and US Department of State personnel (can utilize US DVA as well as Merchant Sailors) the world over, but needs to be utilized- I Think- in conjunction with other material's and or "discipline's” as found on Amazon.com. (see attached photo presentation)I never understood why FAO's were "paid" to go spend hours looking at "painting's and such in museum's etc..... I knew it was part of understanding the "Kultura" or culture and history of "host" nations, but the amount of time other's spent looking at art work was as if looking for the "solution" to a "jig-saw" puzzle????Perhaps this "work" will assist, all I know is at the US Department of Veteran Affair's- the US DVA- "providers' got visibly concerned when I tried reading books by Carl Jung!!!! Never understood why nor still do....This book, in one-are two pages, explains the “myth” and history behind a “host” of myriad symbols found in all different types of “art-work” in an user-friendly understandable form, all within a wide array of cultural and historical context’s!To this author, understanding, culture and history, of a "host" nation people is nothing more than a "tool" or "chit" in the bucket to accomplishing one's "military" mission on behalf of the US Military and/or “The National Interest of ALL US Citizens!” (the challenge here is “always” to define in common language the ever “evolving” National Interest- beyond Trade Relations!)To that end one, in my, opinion must do a lot of things to get "folks" to open up and accept one in a “Host Nation”, to hopefully "work" better with them, specifically when conducting “complex” "Combined/Joint" operations, which are “inherently” – to some degree “error” prone- due to the same said “cultural” differences like the US military advisor's in Iraq and Afghanistan, etc..... face on a daily 24/7 basis…...In a way- this book- visually, illuminates, some of the “challenges/barrier’s” to communication or “common” core understanding, as the “art” depicted and described in this book can be “interpreted” many different ways by many different cultures or National “identities.”Anyway- my two cent's worth... others' can "chime" if so desire.....??????PS: I forgot to add that as “either a Hostage or Guest” of both the Federaland Local State of Alabama Government’s I observed “prisoner’s” doing some of the most “gifted” art’s and craft’s one has seen. They could draw and or “sketch” pictures as well a Leonardo Da Vinci or Galleo, and could “hand-work” leather to rival any of the “finest” “Leather House’s” of Europe and Asia! Leather working alone is becoming a lost art in the US. Additionally, and sadly, they could also do Native American Bead Work, etc… to a very high proficiency! Coincidentally where I live on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay, the Town of Fairhope, Alabama sponsor’s an “Annual Fairhope Art’s and Craft’s Festival” around mid-March, every year. “Volk” from all over the nation and abroad flock to this every year. This would be a great opportunity for some of these hopefully, now, “freemen” or as the author of “Dune” would say- freemen!,” to showcase their wares, and perhaps pick up a “Sponsor/Patron” or two to “build” a legitimate business…..just an idea! However, so they can relate, and incorporate so “common” symbology- I would recommend at least “perusing” this great book first!”
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I never understood why FAO's were "paid" to go spend hours looking at "painting's and such in museum's etc..... I knew it was part of understanding the "Kultura" or culture and history of "host" nations, but the amount of time other's spent looking at art work was as if looking for the "solution" to a "jig-saw" puzzle????
Perhaps this "work" will assist, all I know is at the US Department of Veteran Affair's- the US DVA- "providers' got visibly concerned when I tried reading books by Carl Jung!!!! Never understood why nor still do....
This book, in one-are two pages, explains the “myth” and history behind a “host” of myriad symbols found in all different types of “art-work” in an user-friendly understandable form, all within a wide array of cultural and historical context’s!
To this author, understanding, culture and history, of a "host" nation people is nothing more than a "tool" or "chit" in the bucket to accomplishing one's "military" mission on behalf of the US Military and/or “The National Interest of ALL US Citizens!” (the challenge here is “always” to define in common language the ever “evolving” National Interest- beyond Trade Relations!)
To that end one, in my, opinion must do a lot of things to get "folks" to open up and accept one in a “Host Nation”, to hopefully "work" better with them, specifically when conducting “complex” "Combined/Joint" operations, which are “inherently” – to some degree “error” prone- due to the same said “cultural” differences like the US military advisor's in Iraq and Afghanistan, etc..... face on a daily 24/7 basis…...
In a way- this book- visually, illuminates, some of the “challenges/barrier’s” to communication or “common” core understanding, as the “art” depicted and described in this book can be “interpreted” many different ways by many different cultures or National “identities.”
Anyway- my two cent's worth... others' can "chime" if so desire.....??????
PS: I forgot to add that as “either a Hostage or Guest” of both the Federaland Local State of Alabama Government’s I observed “prisoner’s” doing some of the most “gifted” art’s and craft’s one has seen. They could draw and or “sketch” pictures as well a Leonardo Da Vinci or Galleo, and could “hand-work” leather to rival any of the “finest” “Leather House’s” of Europe and Asia! Leather working alone is becoming a lost art in the US. Additionally, and sadly, they could also do Native American Bead Work, etc… to a very high proficiency! Coincidentally where I live on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay, the Town of Fairhope, Alabama sponsor’s an “Annual Fairhope Art’s and Craft’s Festival” around mid-March, every year. “Volk” from all over the nation and abroad flock to this every year. This would be a great opportunity for some of these hopefully, now, “freemen” or as the author of “Dune” would say- freemen!,” to showcase their wares, and perhaps pick up a “Sponsor/Patron” or two to “build” a legitimate business…..just an idea! However, so they can relate, and incorporate so “common” symbology- I would recommend at least “perusing” this great book first!”
Must Mand. Read- US Army Foreign Area Officer's(FAO's)/US Dept. of State The World Over- Further Assist "Kultura"Understanding
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 6, 2018
Real quick Review here. This is a great book based on "Jungian" psychology and would be most likely very helpful to US Army Foreign Area Officer's (FAO's) and US Department of State personnel (can utilize US DVA as well as Merchant Sailors) the world over, but needs to be utilized- I Think- in conjunction with other material's and or "discipline's” as found on Amazon.com. (see attached photo presentation)Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 6, 2018
I never understood why FAO's were "paid" to go spend hours looking at "painting's and such in museum's etc..... I knew it was part of understanding the "Kultura" or culture and history of "host" nations, but the amount of time other's spent looking at art work was as if looking for the "solution" to a "jig-saw" puzzle????
Perhaps this "work" will assist, all I know is at the US Department of Veteran Affair's- the US DVA- "providers' got visibly concerned when I tried reading books by Carl Jung!!!! Never understood why nor still do....
This book, in one-are two pages, explains the “myth” and history behind a “host” of myriad symbols found in all different types of “art-work” in an user-friendly understandable form, all within a wide array of cultural and historical context’s!
To this author, understanding, culture and history, of a "host" nation people is nothing more than a "tool" or "chit" in the bucket to accomplishing one's "military" mission on behalf of the US Military and/or “The National Interest of ALL US Citizens!” (the challenge here is “always” to define in common language the ever “evolving” National Interest- beyond Trade Relations!)
To that end one, in my, opinion must do a lot of things to get "folks" to open up and accept one in a “Host Nation”, to hopefully "work" better with them, specifically when conducting “complex” "Combined/Joint" operations, which are “inherently” – to some degree “error” prone- due to the same said “cultural” differences like the US military advisor's in Iraq and Afghanistan, etc..... face on a daily 24/7 basis…...
In a way- this book- visually, illuminates, some of the “challenges/barrier’s” to communication or “common” core understanding, as the “art” depicted and described in this book can be “interpreted” many different ways by many different cultures or National “identities.”
Anyway- my two cent's worth... others' can "chime" if so desire.....??????
PS: I forgot to add that as “either a Hostage or Guest” of both the Federaland Local State of Alabama Government’s I observed “prisoner’s” doing some of the most “gifted” art’s and craft’s one has seen. They could draw and or “sketch” pictures as well a Leonardo Da Vinci or Galleo, and could “hand-work” leather to rival any of the “finest” “Leather House’s” of Europe and Asia! Leather working alone is becoming a lost art in the US. Additionally, and sadly, they could also do Native American Bead Work, etc… to a very high proficiency! Coincidentally where I live on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay, the Town of Fairhope, Alabama sponsor’s an “Annual Fairhope Art’s and Craft’s Festival” around mid-March, every year. “Volk” from all over the nation and abroad flock to this every year. This would be a great opportunity for some of these hopefully, now, “freemen” or as the author of “Dune” would say- freemen!,” to showcase their wares, and perhaps pick up a “Sponsor/Patron” or two to “build” a legitimate business…..just an idea! However, so they can relate, and incorporate so “common” symbology- I would recommend at least “perusing” this great book first!”
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