Semiotic domains

Until tuesday's lecture, I did not realize that I was involved in something called a semiotic domain. In fact, I'm included in many semiotic domains, and I have the feeling I havent realized the half of them. The games I play, the groups I form, the church I attend, the body of believers worldwide, college students, Malone students, liberal arts majors, undergraduates, cooks, friends, children, children in my family...the list goes on. Its truly interesting that these kinds of things have titles, besides cliques or groups with shared interests. Semiotic domains sounds much more mature, I like it. I play a game that has its own modality, few people in the affinity group, and we pride ourselves in our design grammar. To think someone has labeled all these things but has probably never heard my design grammar or played my game (entered into my semiotic domain) is really interesting to me. This lecture made me want to be an active learner in every situation that I can be, rather than sit back and be critical, which is much more natural.