I'll point in certain directions when I'm talking about faraway places. When I reference Wisconsin or anywhere in the Midwest, I'll point over my shoulder with a thumb like I just walked up the road from there. I'll tell people about a great Mexican restaurant in Utah while raising my index finger as if its in the middle of the park across the street. The direction I point in never coincides with where the place is actually located. And why should it? I'm only indicating the place isn't here; that it's out in the ether somewhere. It's not like the person I'm talking to is going to walk there based on the direction I'm pointing.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Vague Directions
I'll point in certain directions when I'm talking about faraway places. When I reference Wisconsin or anywhere in the Midwest, I'll point over my shoulder with a thumb like I just walked up the road from there. I'll tell people about a great Mexican restaurant in Utah while raising my index finger as if its in the middle of the park across the street. The direction I point in never coincides with where the place is actually located. And why should it? I'm only indicating the place isn't here; that it's out in the ether somewhere. It's not like the person I'm talking to is going to walk there based on the direction I'm pointing.
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I do that! But I finally figured out that I tend to point in the direction of an image of the place as I see it in my mind's eye. Confuses the hell out of people when I do that with neighbourhood landmarks.
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