Wave-language potentially implied in encodings elaborated by cultures

Encountering Otherness as a Waveform (Part #7)

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The following experimental animation offers an interesting transition between a "scientific" approach to wave language and one implicit in two distinct cultures. The animation is discussed in detail in the document from which it is reproduced (In Quest of a Dynamic Pattern of Transformations: sensing the strange attractor of an emerging Rosetta Stone, 2012). The "scientific" dimension derives from an adaptation of the Smith Chart mentioned above. The "cultural" dimension derives from its association with the symbol of the Tao (as mentioned in relation to that chart) and the Basque symbol of the Lauburu (known as the Basque cross). The animation successively traces an 8-fold pattern from the Smith Chart, as well as the two symbols -- notably highlighting the "eyes" of the Tao. The pattern of curves is of course suggestive of a "wave language" -- with conventional static representations of both symbols to be fruitfully understood as standing waves.

Experimental animation of the Smith Chart in relation to the Tao and Lauburu symbols indicative of the possibility of more complex animations with rotation of the nested structures of smaller scale

There is the interesting possibility that "wave language" may be more readily cultivated in some cultures and languages rather than in others. This could well follow from the work on "mindscapes" of Magoroh Maruyama (Metaorganization of Information, Cybernetica, 1965; Mindscapes and Science Theories, Current Anthropology, 1980; Poly-ocular Vision, Indian Journal of Management Technology, 2008), notably as more recently developed by Maurice Yolles and Gerhard Fink (An Introduction to Mindset Agency Theory, 2013). Consideration could be given to cultures with a more dynamic, corporal relation to music.

An example is provided by the seemingly greater uptake of "réalité ondulatoire" (in French) -- beyond the boundaries of conventional science as suggested by the following intimation of being a waveform:

La réalité matérielle du monde serait donc une réalité ondulatoire où l'existence de chaque être se définirait par son identité vibratoire, c'est à dire la fréquence à laquelle il vibre. Chaque individualité se présentant comme une vibration de taux vibratoire unique et défini à l'intérieur d'une matrice où coexistent tous les possibles de cette vibration.Toutes ces vibrations interagissent dans un tissu matriciel vibratoire qui forme l'Univers connu, à l'intérieur duquel chaque partie du tout est en interconnexion avec tout le reste selon la loi d'intrication, tout pouvant être dit "en relation avec tout". Or, selon des découvertes récentes, cette réalité vibratoire semble directement influencée par la vision et les pensées de celui qui l'observe, tout en étant soumises aux lois classiques de la physique. Le contenu de notre conscience, lui-même de nature vibratoire, influencerait donc ce champ d'énergie. (Céline Morard, Qu'est-ce-que le monde quantique ?)

A number of systemic encodings merit consideration as implying some form of wave-language relevant to interpersonal relationships. These include runes, tarot, etc.

Of particular interest are the classical Chinese binary and ternary coding systems, notably because distinct interpersonal relationships are explicitly associated with the formal encoding through metaphor. These include the:

• I Ching (or Yi Jing), also known as the Book of Changes. This identifies 64 patterns (encoded in the form of hexagrams) and the relationships between them (Diagram of 384 Relationships between I Ching Hexagrams, 1983). The original commentary makes extensive use of metaphor to facilitate comprehension -- in contrast with conventional systems initiatives. This is a mode which can be adapted to current preoccupations (Transformation Metaphors -- derived experimentally from the Chinese Book of Changes (I Ching) for sustainable dialogue, vision, conferencing, policy, network, community and lifestyle, 1997)
  
  
• Tao Te Ching (9-fold Higher Order Patterning of Tao Te Ching Insights, 2003; Commentary on Tao Te Ching Interpretation -- and the possibility of higher order patterning, 2003). Navigational implications are explored in Hyperspace Clues to the Psychology of the Pattern that Connects, 2003).
  
  
• Taixuanjing (or T'ai Hsüan Ching or Canon of Supreme Mystery). It is also known in the West as The Alternative I Ching and The Elemental Changes. This identifies 81 situations and the relationships between them.

Given the systemic nature of such coding systems, and the arguments above, there is a case for exploring their relevance to the sense in which the relationship between people is felt to be "electrical" in some way -- and is so described. The question then is whether there are fruitful metaphorical borrowings from articulations of electrical circuits, as partially explored separately (Use of electrical metaphors for comprehension of transformative cognitive processes, 2012). There a matrix explored usage (according to search engine results) of the following terms:

• resistance, inductance, impedance, capacitance, charge, current, voltage, potential, conductance, connectivity, circuit, capacity
  

in conjunction with the following:

• cognitive, psychological, mental, psychosocial, social, meditation

It is appropriate to note how those in the first set are in a number of cases recognizable as used (if only occasionally) in characterizations of interpersonal relationships. These are possibly implicit in any conjunction in usage with some of the second set. It would of course be valuable to elaborate such metaphorical relevance with insights from those having familiarity with electrical systems in describing their own interpersonal relationships, as previously suggested (Electrical Systems as a Guiding Metaphor for Stages of Group Dialogue, 2001).

Of further potential relevance is the sense in which the distinct elements of the Chinese coding systems are to be compared with the distinct symbols used to denote elements in electrical systems -- and especially those associated with telecommunications in which wave-language is most probably to be applicable.

From this perspective the "sender" and "receiver" in the dynamic of interpersonal communication could be explored as the contrasting "antenna" configurations appropriate to sending and receiving -- with each configuration being reconfigured (even retuned) as required by the process.

Especially interesting to note is the relationship to some patterns of encoding, as in the extremes of "heaven" and "earth" -- in the I Ching system. Are these usefully reminiscent of the contrast between "heavenly" (sublime) relationships and "earthy" (well-grounded) relationships? The extensive nature of the articulation of that system suggests an interesting range of other possibilities which merit recognition. There is the further fascinating possibility that elements of the highly innovative electrical thinking of Nikola Tesla might be interpreted from this metaphorical perspective.

In the quest for fruitful clues for wave insights from different cultures, variants of two traditional symbols are presented below -- juxtaposed with the sine wave animation (from Wikipedia) presented in the earlier paper. The traditional symbols have been animated experimentally to suggest a relationship to the sine wave animation. Other aesthetic and animation options (especially better synchronization) could of course be used to heighten the sense of a common wave-related intuition.

Adaptation of traditional symbol of Ouroboros (rotated through four coloured phases)	Adaptation of traditional symbol of Rainbow Serpent (rotated through four phases)

Sine curve animation indicative of four contrasting phases (adapted from Wikipedia)

In resonance with the above imagery with respect réalité ondulatoire, the physicist Roland Tournaire (Etre et langage, 2013) indicates:

Comme nous ne pouvons saisir le mouvement que dans l'étendue, nous le mesurons dans le discontinu par le nombre: il est la représentation de ce que Parménide nommait l'inexistant, to ouk on, to me on. Mais, s'il est aussi une autre image de la réalité ondulatoire, il est continu, ponctuel, car, de même que l'onde figurée en cercles ou en sphères n'est pas distincte de sone centre ponctuel, le mouvement est l'extension dans l'étendu de ce point que les géomètres déplacent pour tracer des lignes (p. 34)

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