Title: This Art a dialogue has began, recently, concerning the art of relating, exploring the non - lingual, play and communication and scripting. to recognize how personal, how public, how variant are the interpretations of our experiences. This art is simple yet profound. Imagine (i'm now scripting) two people standing opposite each other holding hands and pulling and pushing. they then develop that PLAY into improvised variations. what does it mean? are they arguing or are they dancing? as their variations develop - we wonder and they wonder - what does it mean? why do we ask - what does it mean? to demonstrate the power relating mental association to play: a script may DESCRIBE a specific personal or social issue to be PLAYED out. a script may describe an abstract conceptual dialogue to be PLAYED out. or it might be musical or descriptive say about a tree, river, frog, storm, torrent, drowning, branch, saving. imagine (i'm scripting) a live improvised non lingual playing out observed by several people who each script their observations. imagine comparing those various scripts and interpretations. another example to reveal the relativity of interpretation might be where one script is played out by various players in various sessions. lets consider our non lingual experiences. for example, we use vocal tonality and relational body language continuously. we seem to continuously infer and play out scripts that are not apparently present to all the players. would you agree this art is simple yet profound? consider further, if artists would introduce artifacts or props into a live play or if a non lingual gesture was brought into a script lets say, consider the possibilities... (script) He beeps his car horn at the other car, yelling - move! where does this script start - do you think? perhaps with an argument prior to this event, cars jostling, or in the expectation of an argument to be started by beeping. (script) Hey mate, can you help me? my car has broken down! (script) Oh... ok... sure. this art is simple yet profound to recognize how personal, how public, how variant are the interpretations of our experiences. yehoshanah 23/1/2004