So our “Columbus” gesture, with adornments, might later be reused for “sea voyages,” “the Americas,” “sailors,” and abstract concepts from “invasion” to “navigation” and “discovery,” and many more.
Yet when we face new communicative challenges, we retain the ability to be tremendously inventive—including the ability to rework and repurpose the conventions we’ve already established. So our “Columbus” gesture, with adornments, might later be reused for “sea voyages,” “the Americas,” “sailors,” and abstract concepts from “invasion” to “navigation” and “discovery,” and many more.