Section 4: Paragraph 5-7 Carmel Laniado

Hi, Rachel! Thanks for an interesting question. I agree with you that symbols sometimes make things more complicated when expressing ourselves to others. On that note, I understand why you would ask whether symbols would aid or distract people from understanding the meaning behind it. How I look at it is this: symbols are somewhat double-sided in that it may act as a way to aid some people's understanding while disabling others'. In other words, symbols may be used to enable a more secretive group communication and bonding, enabling the participating members to understand each other more efficiently while disabling non-members from really getting the message being delivered and/or shared.