In linguistics a graph is a rendering of one of the irreducible units that make up a written language. A， 人，！，ㅗ, ض , θ, are all examples of graphs. They lead a double existence as pictures (yes even a horizontal line is a picture) and language elements.
“M” is a letter of the alphabet but it could also be a picture of a wave or a mountain valley. In this case it is a placeholder for any meaningful thought that is difficult to articulate. These kinds of thoughts can be very frustrating, as anyone who has used a thesaurus knows.
If a picture were created to represent this thought that had the qualities of a graph, then theoretically it could establish itself in written language (something like a punctuation mark or ’emoticon’ in alphabetic writing, or a new character in Chinese). At a minimum it should be:
- easily reproducible,
- easily distinguishable,
- yet also sharing familial traits of other graphs in the language.
What creative projects exist that may be characterized as M-graph “like”? What M-graph “like” forms of art might be created? The changing relationship between humankind and nature and the vague blandness of language we use to talk about it suggest a promising field of discovery.
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