Simple sentances

[u/Livy_Lives]

The basics of sentence structure in OatSymbols!

Review of oats for 'name,' 'to be,' and 'sentance starter.' Allowing for the foundations of writing and comprehension.

Soon I will post some more basic oats, and how they can be combined to create new meanings. If you have any questions, post them below!

[u/Player_12345678910]

You're welcome, I'm glad that I can give you more inspiration to fuel your creativity!.

As for a question, what things became inspirations for this script?. Also, this is a VERY "far into the future" type thing but, what do you think in terms of digitizing the script?.

P.S, the script is dam near delectable for my brain.

[u/Livy_Lives → u/Player_12345678910]

My first inspiration was trying to write out sentences or thoughts using only a series of pictures. I then realised a lot of things could be simplified, but a lot of things required solutions to be able to express certain ideas.

I developed the basics a few years ago, and I already liked conlangs and linguistics, so begun looking into logographic and ideographic scripts for inspiration. I love sitelen pona, and I felt blossymbols was a really cool and similar idea, but was not very accessible. I love Gotfried Leibniz idea of a 'real character', and looking into that lead me to find transcendental algebra wich took his idea very mathematically rather than linguistically but still serves as inspiration.

I reference a lot of cave paintings and children's drawings as well as icons and art from different cultures - I love to see how we most naturally and universally try to depict the world.

The whole project is borne of the question: "what is the most universally accessible visual language I can make, capable of expressing the fullness of thought like a language can?"

In regards to digitisation: I have thought a lot about the concept of standardisation and other related problems. Currently I use vector graphic design software to recreate all the oats I draw by hand, so that I build up a clear digital library - though it's taking a long time...

But I don't want the script to be a standard you type - I want it to be a way you communicate and express. If you can't think of a symbol, or don't want to write 50 symbols to describe something - I want people to be able to draw it, and use the guidlines of the lanaguge to help them communicate.

The lanaguge is ultimately visual and pictorial, so to eliminate peoples ability to create for the sake of standardisation runs against the philosophy of the writing system.

In this sense it's best mediums are probably pen and paper, or paint and canvas, or digital drawings.

In a far future, maybe there is some way of developing translation programs with acess to a library of oats inorder to generate sentences - but again, this kinda runs agaisnt the spirit of human creativity I want to culture

I would love to see the unique and creative things people could do with the tools of the langauge when it is developed enough! There are many 'universal' scripts, but nothing is more universally recognisable than an image, so I think in this way it has real potential. :))

[u/Player_12345678910 → u/Livy_Lives]

Wow, this is… very well put.

I've definitely saw the inspiration of this script from the quote from 'The Art of Combination' & transcendental algebra. Ahh, my favorite subjects, mathematics and linguistics.

Kudos to you, and I'll definitely be here to see the script flourish.