The late Greg Sawin sat down with Lloyd Morain in May 2000 to talk about his life in general semantics, Alfred Korzybski, and especially about his wife Mary who had recently died. Lloyd and Mary were founding members and supporters of both the Institute of General Semantics and the International Society of General Semantics.

I put this video together using silent movie footage with the audio recording of one of his taped lectures. He illustrates how the process of abstracting results in perceptions that do not necessarily equate to what we know of as ‘reality.’

This video combines photos of Alfred Korzybski, images from his Structural Differential model or diagram, with audio from one of his taped lectures. He explains the abstracting process using this diagram that he felt was critical in  understanding the physiological process he called abstracting.

This video combines photos of Alfred Korzybski, images from his Structural Differential model or diagram, with audio in which he explains how it was he came to create the Structural Differential as a means to visual the process he called abstracting.

Thanks to Charles Stade for giving permission to post his 1989 videotaped interviews with Bernie Chalip, S.I. Hayakawa, Ernie Klemme, and Dr. Bill Pemberton from his personal files. Stade interviewed these four now-deceased individuals about their associations with Alfred Korzybski.

Thanks to Charles Stade for giving permission to post his 1989 videotaped interviews with Bernie Chalip, S.I. Hayakawa, Ernie Klemme, and Dr. Bill Pemberton from his personal files. Stade interviewed these four now-deceased individuals about their associations with Alfred Korzybski.

Thanks to Charles Stade for giving permission to post his 1989 videotaped interviews with Bernie Chalip, S.I. Hayakawa, Ernie Klemme, and Dr. Bill Pemberton from his personal files. Stade interviewed these four now-deceased individuals about their associations with Alfred Korzybski.

Thanks to Charles Stade for giving permission to post his 1989 videotaped interviews with Bernie Chalip, S.I. Hayakawa, Ernie Klemme, and Dr. Bill Pemberton from his personal files. Stade interviewed these four now-deceased individuals about their associations with Alfred Korzybski.

I interviewed D. David Bourland, Jr., at his home in Wichita Falls, Texas, in May 1997. We talked about his decades of involvement with general semantics and his association as a teenager with Alfred Korzybski. David died in October 2000. This is the first of three parts.

I interviewed D. David Bourland, Jr., at his home in Wichita Falls, Texas, in May 1997. We talked about his decades of involvement with general semantics and his association as a teenager with Alfred Korzybski. David died in October 2000. This is the second of three parts.

I interviewed D. David Bourland, Jr., at his home in Wichita Falls, Texas, in May 1997. We talked about his decades of involvement with general semantics and his association as a teenager with Alfred Korzybski. David died in October 2000. This is the third of three parts.

Louise Boedeker of the Sensory Awareness Foundation interviewed Charlotte Read for this interview in 1999. This excerpt is about two minutes. Another 10-minute excerpt is also posted. Charlotte died in 2002.