Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Purpose-Speaker-Audience Triangle:

How to Have an Out-of-Body Experience Cheaply and Safely

The Concept …
Every communication act involves a purpose or message, a speaker, and an audience.

[Imagine a triangle here.]

To practice this concept, imagine you have been abducted to Mars and are required by your captors to write a letter to someone on Earth. This will be your only opportunity to communicate with Earth. Decide to whom you would write (audience) and what you want your audience to understand (purpose).

The last part of the triangle is where it gets even more interesting. The writer or speaker is also something you can choose. The writer or speaker (you) may "become" anything from a zebra to an amoeba. Yes, the creature does have the ability to communicate, due to the different atmosphere on Mars.

In preparing to write, you may want to make some notes on the legs of the triangle above.

Have fun!

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