Off.
Dream.
Alarm.
Alarm.
Alarm.
You
have become accustomed to the alarm. It no longer wakes you to
consciousness. It becomes a part of your dream, implementing itself
into the world around you. Sometimes it is a siren. Sometimes it
enters your dream as a vehicle honking its horn, appearing out of
thin air and nearly hitting you. This time you are alone in a vast
emptiness. You do not know where you could be as there are no
distinguishing features. There is no sand around you. There are no
trees. There are no stars. Nothing. Silence. Absence. From a distance
you can hear a sound. Anything that represents action is a welcome
addition. You can't tell if you are getting closer to the source, if
the source is getting closer to you, or if there is no source and it
just is.
The
information that a person receives in a dream can be related to many
factors. It can be influenced emotions, thoughts, problems, troubles,
noises, sleep aids, decisions, touch, movement and other stimuli,
example, you could watch a scary movie and have a nightmare. No one
can give a person a 100% correct interpretation of a dream and most
attempts to do so are hearsay. I found a website dedicated to
interpreting symbols and themes and decided to click on a list of
interpretations for L. “To see the letter L in a dream is symbolic
of a loser...” It may also signify “your fear of the 'l-word'”.
The interpretation of symbols and themes in dreams at this depth is
on the same level as horoscopes and fortune tellers. However, some
symbols, like hearing an alarm, can only mean one thing. Get up.
Information
is what creates meaning. Words are meaningful because we have been
taught the information that “C” “a” and “t” spell cat and
we know to combine these letters to create a sound, or combination of
sounds, that convey meaning. Moving past the creation of the first
language, for lack of cite-able evidence, to the use of drums to
communicate over long distances. The messages that people would send
using drums relied solely on the information they had. Both ends
would have to know meaning associated with that song or rhythm. A
person could be taught to do a specific pattern in order to send a
message of “we need food”. If that person sending the message did
not have the information to translate or associate it to/with
meaning, they would not be ably to understand the other sides reply
or send one of their own.
Binary
Code is another example of information creating meaning. Binary is an
extremely simple and important part of technology. The concept of
absence/presence was a BCE invention which became the structure for
computers, mechanical and electronic, to get to where they are today.
Before watching the video in class, I had always thought binary was
some complex computer language in which “0100011010100” meant
potato. The 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, etc. method of of calculating numbers was
so simple I was able to learn it instantly. If I was given any number
I would be able to translate it into binary and vice versa just by
knowing the information that 0101 means that it has one “1”, no
“2”, one “4” and no “8” equaling 5. This information,
combined with simple math skills, creates meaning.
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