THE SILENT LANGUAGE
A detailed exploration of cultural differences in the handling of time, space, and communication among various societies, impacting interactions between individuals from different cultures.
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Much of the difficulty and mystification which Zen presents to the Western student is the result of his unfamiliarity with Chinese ways of thinking-ways which differ startlingly from our own and which are, for that very reason, of special value to us in attaining a critical perspective upon our own ideas. The problem here is not simply one of maste
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Monochronic cultures may be more “efficient” in their use of time, but in their treatment of time as a commodity, they lose the richness that comes with allowing tasks, conversations, and interactions to move forward at a more natural and sustainable pace.
Culture Study • The Diminishing Returns of Calendar Culture
Tetel-Andresen notes that in her classes, speakers of European language tend to draw horizontal lines with the past on the left and the future on the right .
Mandarin speakers tend to draw vertical representations of time .
What you draw might be relative to your language