In other words, what if we didn't have a written language? What if we didn't read? Didn't write? I wonder what the world would be like, what other inventions we'd have, how we'd be living our lives without the influence of our left hemisphere-centric orientation?
I'm rereading the Alphabet vs. the Goddess by Leonard Shlain. Remarkable book. A Freakenomics of sort giving rationale to why we are the way we are. The author argues that the left side of the brain has been overdeveloped to the detriment of right brain functioning; his implications are jarring in considering creativity, its full scope.
More later, it's late now. The insights weigh heavily, and after appearing in popcorn fashion. One step at a time. Stay tuned.
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