Russian dolls and Matryoshkas


Russian dolls and Matryoshkas

Communication analogy can be linked to Matryoshka dolls or Russian nesting dolls. These dolls consist of seemingly endless series of wooden figures which can be pulled apart to reveal another figure with some resemblance or common motif inside. The adult person could think a Russian doll as a discrete unit but a part of the larger system highly connected with the life of other. There are two paths ahead of single individual, first is to change him according to others and second is to change others according to will of himself. Generally, people adopt the path of least resistance and adjust themselves according to the situation. To change others according to his will should demand the tough and dominant characteristic to bind others to change according to them.

 Russian dolls and Matryoshkas used metaphorically, as a design paradigm, called as the "matryoshka principle" or "nested doll principle". It is used to signify the recognizable relationship of "object-within-similar-object" that has presence in the design of many other natural and crafted objects. Examples of this use in present time are the Matrioshka brain and the Matroska media-container format. The "matryoshka principle" is an example of Mise-en-abyme. Compare with Fractal also. The concept can be better learns through the onion metaphor, which is of similar character. If the outer layer is peeled off an onion, a similar onion exists within. This structure is employed by designers in applications such as the layering of clothes or the design of tables, where a smaller table nests within a larger table and a yet smaller one within that.

Our personal growth is both supported and expressed by three interrelated level of wholeness that are perpetually interacting within us, around us and beyond us
  1. Universal wholeness: It, Thou, how the world, universe and, if we believe, God moves towards completeness
  2. Communal wholeness: We, us as a group, how organizations, communities and cultures move towards completeness
  3. Individual wholeness: I, you as an individual, how the individual moves towards completeness
Each level represents a plane in which growth occurs. Within every level, there are several forces competing, opposing each other and driving towards the desired state. So individuals are both mover and being moved because person acts and sometime being forced to act according to the situation. 

The next level of Russian dolls can be linked to communal wholeness, which is the situation to see recognizable trappings of culture and society. This shows that growth could be found by adopting, “WE” perspective. The last level of the Russian nesting dolls is that of the individual where person moves towards completeness. Individual’s growth gives personal satisfaction, which guides skills and behaviour. All three levels affect each other, for example, markets are manifestations universal wholeness.

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