ABSTRACT
Human beings have the extra-ordinary capacity to make meaning. When we make things meaningful, we necessarily set them apart from other things in the life-space. Think of how an individual can cultivate an “ordinary space” to become a “meaningful place”, or further cultivate the meaningful place to become known as a “home”. The process of meaning making is the most basic process, upon which the process of distinction-making can emerge (i.e. I am me, and you are you, and WE ARE DIFFERENT). However, because meaning-making can also be a redundant, reflexive and recursive process, human beings can make their distinction even more meaningful, using distinction-making as a foundation for the process of value-adding. For example, from a stem distinction we can create at least three value-added contrasts:
I am me, and you are you, and we are different
→ AND I AM BETTER {1}
→ AND I AM WORSE {2}
→ AND SO WHAT? {3}
