I think I would generally prefer to call it "interaction".

Thus your observation is a particular sort of interaction (with the world), and your posting about it is another kind of interaction, and our interaction of call and response is what i would properly like to call an attempt at 'communication'. The 'com' root in communication means 'with' - I think 'being with another being'.

Plants communicate with each other. In a lesser way, don't magnets do as well? Being being subjective of course, sure.

What you call here as "communication" is nothing more than the simple mechanics developed by us, to project the characteristics of our own ego - sensations, feelings, wills, desires, fears, peculiarities, tastes, etc ... -. And we are great at creating the transvestment of this characteristics before expressing them.

This is my observation — Harry Kaethler

Your own "communication" proves me right.