One of the most effective ways to learn about oneself is by taking seriously the cultures of others. It forces you to pay attention to those details of life which differentiate them from you.
Each culture has its own characteristic manner of locomotion, sitting, standing, reclining, and gesturing.
Culture is not made up but something that evolves which is human.
Because we have put ourselves in our own zoo, we find it difficult to break out.
... 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.
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.
