LUHRMAN

When conceptual mechanism fails, symbolic kicks in. For it to work, there needs to
be something like a focal statement: parliament. Is this a form of govt or a name of
a group of animals/ owls. Then senator of owls. Taxonomies and connect what one
already knows encyclopaedic knowledge then conceptual mechanism starts to
fail. Instead of having focal statement that connects this to encyclopaedic
knowledge, then focalisation occurs. All things of what one associate with senator..
etc free associations pour in, things of ones associations based on focalisations.
Cant predict specific associations but infinite amount of associations. Why do
symbols mean so much in this loose way.