Civilizations , lifestyles in the past and lost cultures have always been one of my favorite topics. And this reading was specially interesting since I visited the Museum for Natural History in the spring break and loved the artifact uncovered from South America. The article defined a new communication medium that was drawn out of things that are so ordinary in the lives of people. This remined me about a folkart that i learnt, it is called Madhubani or Mithila painting and is named after the place of its origin. It was done on handmade paper, walls of houses, silk and saries too. This art carried out by women to kill time and very often depicted stories, folklores, Gods and Goddesses and their own family propsperities. But like the khipu knots the real meanings of most of these works of art is unknown. Each color used, each image depicted seems to have a significance in itself and inassociation to the other images around it in the painting. While this defines a traditional way of representation very much like any other written script, the Khipu defines a new way of communication and representation where the sense of touch and sight. Its surprising how knots become manuscripts and chronicles of events through intricate weaving. It would be even more interesting to see how the entire system would work in case of adding an element of electronics to it.
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