PATTERNS AND MEANING

Patterns are not simply decorative, though they do appeal to our sense of order. There is a symmetry underlying every pattern.

Writing emerged out of patterns. The discursive flowing quality of pattern making has been related to the way the mind flows from one thought to the next, and language is also a flow of sounds.

PATTERNS of THOUGHT

We think through images. That is the importance of the imagination for human consciousness. Even words are dependent on embedded images which we call metaphors. These metaphors draw on profound symbols that are archetypal, and can be seen to underly all cultures, and all languages.

SEEING A STORY

Traditionally stories are part of a "Darshana", that is a way of seeing. Learning how to read goes along with learning how to see, or visualize. Story telling is an imaginative process, which involves all the creative skills of an individual. This is seen in the work of children, where the act of story telling is integral with a whole process of seeing and understanding the world in which we live.

GROWING A STORY

In the Sita School story telling has been an important part of learning. Stories are not only written: they are also visualized. Image and word come together.