“People are tied together and yet isolated from each other by invisible threads of rhythm and hidden walls of time. Time is... a primary organizer of all activities, a synthesizer and integrator, a way of handling priorities and categorizing experience, a feedback mechanism for how things are going, a measuring rod against which competence, effort, and achievement are judged as well as a special message system revealing how people really feel about each other and whether or not they can get along.” PeopleWayFeelsWellsTogetherTimeEffortSpecialWallActivityAchievementMessagesPrioritiesInvisibleRhythmPrimariesJudgedMechanismIsolatedTiedThreadFeedbackRevealingCompetenceMeasuringOrganizerSynthesizersCategorizingInvisible Threads Author:Edward T. Hall
“We are only peripherally tied to the lives of others. It takes a long long time for us to become deeply involved with others, and for some this never happens.” LongHappensCultureInvolvedLong TimeTiedLives Of Others Author:Edward T. Hall
“... while infants will sync with the human voice regardless of language, they later become habituated to the rhythms of their own language and culture ... ... humans are tied to each other by hierarchies of rhythms that are culture-specific and expressed through language and body movement.” HumansBodyCultureLanguageVoiceMovementRhythmTiedInfantHierarchySyncHuman VoiceBody Movement Author:Edward T. Hall
