Building on our earlier reflections on silent interaction, this experiment examines how actions carry potential meaning even when no observer is present, emphasising the relational dependency of gestures.
Imagine performing a gesture — deliberate, meaningful, expressive — in a world where no one observes it. No eyes meet yours, no attention responds. The gesture unfolds, but it is unseen.
The gesture exists as movement, as process, yet its meaning is suspended. Without witness, there is no construal beyond the act itself. The relational field that gives gestures significance is absent, leaving the movement isolated from interpretive alignment.
This thought experiment shows that meaning is not intrinsic to action. A gesture requires relational reception to become a gesture in the full sense — an event that resonates, communicates, or transforms. Without this alignment, it remains raw process.
What this reveals:
Action alone does not guarantee meaning. Construal arises only when processes interact — when gestures, words, or signals meet a responsive horizon. Meaning is always co-created, never fully contained within a solitary act.
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