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Various Samples of EL Usages Not only writing messages, you can do variety of things using EL. Meditation Exercise with EL Body-signs cloud By a combination of the power of symbols and Qi-Gong theory. this exercise would work for harmonizing your body and mind, becoming a part of nature, moving the whole body. This is easy to learn, and very effective. You need not study language for this, but probably you would naturally memorize and enjoy some of EL symbols too, through your body and heart. Contents Introduction, The Ocean, Tree, The Sun, Rain (started: October 18, 2007) Wind, Earth, Cloud, Happy and Gratitude (added: November 15, 2007) The Moon (January 27, 2008) EL Symbols for Vision improvement If you feel your optic nerve strain or dry eyes and would like to improve your vision, this link might help you. Contents through Yoshiko's experiments and experiences: Happy labels between eyebrows (May 16, 2009) For natural blinking (May 23, 2009) Sunning exercise (May 31, 2009) Resting eyes in darkness (June 10, 2009) Training Peripheral Vision (June 22, 2009) Sense of movement (July 31, 2009) Poem and Pictograph in EL New # Butterfly sculptures and each haiku by hoo (04/2014) Back Issues of EL Poem and Pictograph Enjoy various feelings from many cultures in the globe. This section introduces a short poem, haiku or story in English, Japanese and EL with an EL pictograph, Since February 1999) Photo and Story Series "Story of My Vegetable Garden" (1-39)May-Dec,2010 Report about newly started gardening in a forest. Sometimes photos come with haiku by hoo. Guess what through those Illustrations : Play here with children! EL fundamental characters are like simplified pictures. (uploaded on 06, 01,'99) Archives of Mini Topics in EL and English with photos: Please enjoy the back number issues to see what EL writings are like. President Obama's Inaugural Address is partially translated into EL (January 26, 2009) EL translation of the Babel story from the Holy Bible (Nov.2005) The History of EL since 1988 The Links Relating to EL Thanks for the cooperation! (The people, who have helped EL) The Bibliography The books from which the author learned or used for building the EL system are mostly in Japanese. About the EL Founder and the editor of this site: Yoshiko McFarland and the Background of EL (Living in San Francisco, CA, USA) Yoshiko's Batik Works (1975-86): There are some images of the ancient Japan. Searching the ancient world brought her the new inspiration of Earth Language for the future world. Here you'll see some of her commissioned works too. Peace Butterflies Project : butterfly Here are some samples used EL with old memorial fabrics. Using this kind of picture-like EL symbols, wouldn't you like to enjoy your own creation? Donations are welcome; You can get a peace butterfly or butterflies by your donation or voluntary cooperation.

About Earth Language (EL) Earth Language as a method for Global Change (The point of EL: written on March 2009) The General Introduction of the EL System For overview the system. What is Earth Language? The principles to develop EL (11,30, 2003) Here explains why English shouldn't be the common universal language. The comparison between the primitive world, the common English world and the world with EL Old Version of 'What is EL?','The aims and works' (published on '92, April 27,'01 revised) Evolved Language About the concept of the new global communication method What you can do now with EL EL has many approaches to start. Even if you knew about EL just today, you can use and enjoy EL a little right now. Please choose what you'd like to do from here. (October, 2008) Footnote about history of various human communication ways How does the EL System work? (Most pages in this section are revised on June 2005) Many general vocabularies are created by combining the meanings of two or more basic symbols. Why EL is based on visual symbols The total of the EL base The way to increase symbols out of only 70bases The EL ideograms It's easy and fun to learn, using your own mother language The EL definition system with the grammar and the method for organizing information The sequence of the subject, the object and the verb in a sentence is free; greetings and answering are simple; there are rational ways for abbreviation, classifying and organizing information, also making logos and a private symbol. The EL phonetics You can write any human-mouth-made sounds by this way. (Renewed: May 2005) The EL multi-method system Using the same memory, you can communicate with others by hand-signs, gestures, eye ball signs and vocally as well. Examples for EL communications with signs and characters (explanation in English and Japanese) The EL Main Dictionary Play with Symbols, and come join us to prepare more.   Illustrated Dictionary: Please have fun learning EL like riddles. Most main words in EL are expressed with a single symbol. Enjoy using some of them in your daily life. Preface note for naming things and Classification of living things (since June 29,2007) Human Body Features (since March 6th, 2007) Primates (since June 10th, 2007) Mammals (since June 29, 2007 and it's going to grow more). Insects (since July 11, 2007) Plant (plant parts and processes, March, 2013) Direction, Location, and shapes  The main six directions / in and out / Four directions and seasons (January 21, 2009) Printable text sheets to learn EL (start: Feb. 1st, last update: March 6th, 2007) Here you can download the following text sheets: [Table of Bases and hand signs] For convenience for signing [160 Traveler's Conversations] in EL, English, Japanese, German and Esperanto; also partly in Italian and Noxiro. [Dictionaries about body features and the concepts related to them] Also you can download the EL introduction leaflet and Undoing the Tower of Babel from here. Have fun sharing EL with your friends.

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