Saturday, September 6, 2008

Ambiguity 1: Peripheral or Purposeful

A person's activities might be peripheral or purposeful - that is, any action might be done as either a non-decision or a decision. When I was young, a girl teased me bitterly whenever i laughed, smiled, or joked. "Heeh~/`/\" she mocked.

She thought, for whatever reason, that my mannerisms were an act. "I was being cute." But that wasn't the case, and because I didn't fathom her perspective, her actions didn't make no sense.

I think this sort of ambiguity generally exists for any action.

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