Jargon is a huge problem when you try to work across disciplines, because in an engineering world, we all understand CAD and RP.

I never got that. I never got that, because anyone knows if you farm, you don't plant crops in July and August.

And it's only by stepping back, and then further back, and holding still, that we can begin to see what the canvas means and to catch the larger picture.

They respond when you understand the meaning of a sentence, but not when you do other complex mental things, like mental arithmetic or holding information in memory or appreciating the complex structure in a piece of music.

Arabic script speaks to anyone, I believe; to you, to you, to you, to anybody, and then when you get the meaning, you feel connected to it.

I don't want the poetry of the calligraphy to be broken, as it's art and you can appreciate it without knowing the meaning, as you can enjoy any music from other countries.