https://padlet.com/smoni002/9807m5a7bpb8a23k Made with serendipity en-us 2022-05-27 14:03:39 UTC 2025-09-26 08:47:44 UTC hello@padlet.com smoni002 https://padlet.com/smoni002/9807m5a7bpb8a23k/wish/2202245444 "The Tamarian ego structure does not seem to allow what we normally think of as self-identity. Their ability to abstract is highly unusual. They seem to communicate through narrative imagery—by reference to the individuals and places which appear in their mytho-historical accounts." Troi (Darmok ep 2) ]]> 2022-05-27 14:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/smoni002/9807m5a7bpb8a23k/wish/2202245444 smoni002 https://padlet.com/smoni002/9807m5a7bpb8a23k/wish/2202251982 "Troi and Picard can’t help but interpret Tamarian through their (and our) cultural obsession with mimicry: Metaphorical language operates not by signification, but as poetry, by transforming the real in a symbolic mirror." (Bogost, 3)]]> 2022-05-27 14:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/smoni002/9807m5a7bpb8a23k/wish/2202251982 smoni002 https://padlet.com/smoni002/9807m5a7bpb8a23k/wish/2202262870 2022-05-27 14:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/smoni002/9807m5a7bpb8a23k/wish/2202262870 smoni002 https://padlet.com/smoni002/9807m5a7bpb8a23k/wish/2202264629 2022-05-27 14:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/smoni002/9807m5a7bpb8a23k/wish/2202264629 smoni002 https://padlet.com/smoni002/9807m5a7bpb8a23k/wish/2202268934 2022-05-27 14:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/smoni002/9807m5a7bpb8a23k/wish/2202268934 smoni002 https://padlet.com/smoni002/9807m5a7bpb8a23k/wish/2202270781 2022-05-27 14:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/smoni002/9807m5a7bpb8a23k/wish/2202270781