Rumination Guide #4 – Unconscious Breakthrough
Generally speaking, there are two distinct ways of using a metaphor tool like the Keen Outlook Cards. The first is out of boredom or curiosity, a somewhat aimless glance at [Read More]
Pain: A journey of stillness
This is the second post asking the question, how does pain fit into the principles or features of metaphor? At the very least, pain reminds us to regard the unconscious, [Read More]
The Heat Of Combination
Undoubtedly, we communicate and conceptualize using metaphors. These representational dynamics relate or connect different ideas or designations. They also characterize fundamental forces, particles and their interaction, which means there's a [Read More]
Discerning Rough Edges
One reason I think we take for granted our representational capacity is because of how naturally it comes us, so much so that we can interpret a representation to be [Read More]
Rumination Guide #3 The Illusion Of Credit
While coloring the Keen Outlook cards, I couldn't help reflecting on how much previous endeavors were motivated by seeking credit in one form or another. This compulsion may have germinated [Read More]
Impactful Pressure
It's simple enough exploring the use of metaphor in wide ranging fields from language, art, religion, mathematics, physics, chemistry etc. but my goal is shedding light on how metaphor arises [Read More]
Rumination Guide #2 Cleansing Self-Reflection
The unconscious always wants the truth. Therefore, those who avoid the truth within themselves, as well as externally, remain out of touch with the unconscious. Unfortunately, when the unconscious isn't [Read More]
A Passing Metaphor
What's one of the biggest fears every single human experiences to some degree? Prolonged discomfort before death. If dying during sleep was the norm, and violent aggression a thing of [Read More]
Catalytic Catharsis
Metaphors are like catalytic enzymes. Here’s the key - same content but different context. In other words the same atoms but different molecules or the same amino acids but different proteins. We have [Read More]
Catching The Signs
The initial response to notifications sent about the website from people on the waiting list for years has been encouraging with a little coincidence thrown in for good measure: "This [Read More]