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Languages and Consciousness; Tools for Enhancing Your Writing and Lifestyle

Sat, Mar 08

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Port Jefferson

Join us to learn of examples from different cultures past and present, including Indigenous languages which typically have no word for time.

Languages and Consciousness; Tools for Enhancing Your Writing and Lifestyle
Languages and Consciousness; Tools for Enhancing Your Writing and Lifestyle

Time & Location

Mar 08, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Port Jefferson, 402 Main St, Port Jefferson, NY 11777, USA

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Languages and Consciousness; Tools for Enhancing Your Writing and Lifestyle

The languages we grow up with reflect the culture we come from and the consciousness with which we experience the world around us; the way we speak and write reflects all of that.

Learn of examples from different cultures past and present, including Indigenous  languages which typically have no word for time.

Other examples include Chinese as a picture-language and the A-to-Z hierarchical  alphabet which derives from pictures, yet with modern English we have  lost touch with what is actually being said, for example, Alphabet means "Ox House” or more accurately “Upside Down Ox House”.

Along with the bigger picture, tips for enhancing writing techniques with emotion, rhythm, and word/phrase choices.


Mankh (Walter E. Harris III) is the author-editor of 17 books ranging from poetry to essays to poetic nonfiction. He has been giving presentations at libraries and elsewhere for 20 years. Mankh travels a …


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