Nonverbal communication: It is suggested that 50 to 75% of all communication is transmission through our eye contact, facial expressions, gestures, posture and the distance between people. We also understand messages through variations of body language, distance and physical environments.  

In the mountain depths, Treading through the crimson leaves, The wandering stag calls. When I hear the lonely cry, Sad–how sad!–the autumn is ~Sarumaru (cited: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)

did others sit here too
waiting for spring?
old tatami mat ~Issa (haiku.guy)

blooming plum–
the voices of children
sound reverent ~Issa (haikuguy.com)

A haiku…is a way in which the cold winter rain, the swallows of evening, even the very day in its hotness, and the length of the night, become truly alive, share in our humanity, speak their own silent and expressive language. (cited: Haiku: Eastern Culture)

Symbols are objects that conveys agreed upon messages within a particular group of people.

Harry Nilsson, Every Body is Talking’

Ride and jump on over to HorseAddict to join in this week’s lens-artist’s photo challenge: communication