[Sw-l] General arrowhead

[Josenilson da Silva Mendes]

Obrigado, querida Val!

Josenilson Mendes


Em ter., 7 de jul. de 2026 às 17:30, Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org>
escreveu:

> SignWriting List
> July 7, 2026
>
> Thank you, Josenilson, for this question. In your examples I would choose
> the second writing. The arrows are far a part from each other and are not
> writing ON TOP OF each other.
>
> Try to imagine putting your right hand in a can of black paint and your
> left hand in a can of white paint. What do they draw in space when they
> move? The only time the two colors blend and become GREY is when the two
> hands - Black and White, are ON TOP of each other and are moving together
> in ONE path…OR…are very close to each other.
>
> The General Arrowhead does not mean BOTH. It means OVERLAPPING PATHS.
>
> The General Arrowhead is neither right nor left, but ONE BLENDED PATH.
> When hands are moving very close to each other, so close that black and
> white become grey - that is the GENERAL arrowhead - they do not have to
> contact each other, but their movements have to be "writing on top of the
> same path". There is one page in the Lessons in SignWriting Textbook, and
> also in the SignWriting Basics Book that explains the General Arrowhead.
> Also later I will try to find you examples:
>
>
>
>
>
> I will write again in a few hours with examples… and more details -
>
> Thank you for your question
>
> Val ;-)
>
>
> > On Jul 7, 2026, at 11:29 AM, Josenilson da Silva Mendes <
> jsm88b at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Oi, pessoal da SW LIst!
> >
> > Tenho uma dúvida sobre qual seta usar neste caso do vídeo neste link.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bke6YU05ZdA
> >
> >
> > ou
> >
> >
> > Podem me ajudar?Josenilson Mendes
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> Val ;-)
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