oaskeis. Many priierns liave sopnisneaied meaning, and almosi all have a series oi songs or enanis assooiaied wiiii “will irioai an, ineluding me ionns oi Celiie and aneieni engraving nave a pairmri eoinpiesiiy iiiai may have nad impoiiani meanings |o ineir peoples, We may call soon people illiieraie only ii we ignore ineir pniierns, songs and danees as a valid llieraiuie and as an aeeuraie ieeoiding sysieoi, i-iaving evolved number and aipnaoeneal symbol» we nave abandoned pariern learning and reeoidmg in our eduoaoon loelieve iiusiooe a gross enor, because simple parierns link so many plienoinena ilnai iiie learning oi even one signiiieani paiiern, sueln as ilie model elaborated on in ms eirapier, is very like learning an underlying pnnciple, wnien is always applieaoie lo speeiiie daia anol siniaiions. The Maori oi New Zenland use iaiioo and earved pairerns io reeoid and ieeill genealogieai and saga inioi-rnaiion. polynesims used panei-n maps, wnieii lacked seale, canogiapliie deraiis, and mgonnmmr measures, oui neveruieiess suioeed io rind zoo-2,000 island specks in do vasiness of the Pacific! Seen maps are linked io sinr seis and oeean eurrenis, and indieaie wave ierieienoe parierns, iney are made oi siieks, flexed sirips, eowries, anal song eyeles iriauie moi rliianiiaiyara people oi Ausiralia sing over sand panems iriguie I17), and are aole io 'sll‘g‘ srrangera lo a single sione in an appaionily ieaiureiess desen, Many oi iiieir designs amiraieiy ruled ine lnouiar snapes and eiaooraie mieio—elevaiions oi ine deseri. whith aie neverineiess nelniy ernorindeied oy rlianges in vegeiaiion, and aie rirniy porirayed in wiiai iio Wesiernersi appears as aosirari on some paireio mosairs are iiiai oi iire, pollen, or iiio (lowering siages oi a single plani. Mhers are oi rain iiaeks and rloud siieeis, and yei oinors involve nuniing, saga, or eliinanc daia. cnildren oi many irioes aie iauglii hundreds oi simple enanis, iiie words oi wnioli inde deeper, seeondary meilungs aboui medieinai, saered, or naviganonal knowledge All iliis oeeomes meaningful wlen ineiniiiaie is given the doeodirigsysiein,or lmds ii by personal revelailon liniuiiioni A paiiern map may love liiiie meaning wnlmlfl iis song keys io unloek inai meaning. lniiiauon ran also unlock mlwmonk piiiems ior iiiose who love a iiisi eiue as |o meaning. Danra, *nvoiving museular learning and memory, eoupled wiin eiianis, cnn earry neeuraie hingrterm messagee, saga deiai ,and piannng knowledge Many danees and dams are in iaei evolvod iioin work and iravel movernenis, Even more inieiesiing are me dance-muoiions oi oiiier aruinal species, winen in iaei mierpiei ior people iiie postural meanings oi ilnese speeies, aiinougli in a nun-verbil and ullxvenv ally-iransniiiiaole way. We may searreiy be aware lliai many oi our iomial aioiudes oi prayer and submission are oasir inuiiaiions oi pomaie posnires, ior ine mosi pan iaken iiorn oliror species Even iiie enair enables us ias ii did lire Egyphans) io mainiain iiie prorures oi minus a, 21 sum PATTERN MAPS lrlmlimuwli A one moo oi ine voioarmaiamnioi 5m Inmu may immnle ueun eiayoaie ii ins iuno ms is turned as a m ms. and m iines as wnuurveoeuuon orlioons, and oaooons were revered as gods and emoalmed by ine Egypiian eiiaii-rnakers We ean iernernber nundredsoisongs. posiuies, and eiianis, oui liiile oipiose and even less oiiaoulaied dala Ann: Cameron iooogiiieis oi Cupytv wisriiin, Vancouver Press, wail wnies oi song naviganon in iine Noolka lndrans oi Bnnsll Culumblz’ '1neie was a gong ior goin (0 Gum, and a song ior goin io Japan, a song ior ine lug island and a song ior ine smaller one All sire line mvigalor) nad io know was me song and sne knew wneiesne was - iiie navigaiion songs oi ins women on canoe voyages .erord 'th: sooarns and (1ch oi no sea- —ine oeean eunenis, lieadlands and pays, siareonsiellaoons, and leeieinonies oi eesiaiie ieveiaoon- From oniorma io ine Almmns, me sea eunenis were iauiy eonsiani in ooiii speed and dllledion, and assisled ine ranoes nie sieeiswornen used ilne ivery aeeuraiel iiiyinm oi ilne song duraiion lo iirne ooiii iiie rflmm speed and ine ooai speed iniougn iiie waiei. Curieni speed would be ll presume) iinied oezween neadlands, and boar speed againsi a log or iloai in lne waier, The song duiaiion was, in iaei, an areuiaie urning mlunism as iieanoe lor any oi us ioday Song slanzas are nignly aeeuraie liners, aecuraie over quik long periods oi lime, and oi eouise "- prodiieiole ai any nine The song eonieni was a resoro oi riie oosmaoons iioin prior voyages, and no douoi was open ro reserve new daia People who ran call me deer (Pliuk wise men», iiie dulphln iciliieri lslanderil. lire kangaroo iirioai Tasmaniansl and oiiiei species iii rome and preseni iiieinselves ioi deain nad proiound oeliaVioural, inieispeoiiie, ‘pulsel" panemrundersrandmg lusi as me Esklmo navigaied, in log. oy lisiening lo the quail 97