Straws and Snowflakes https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/July30_Post.mp4 There are a few metaphors that speak about very small things that make big changes. These aren’t literally true. They are based on perception. For example, one snowflake can cause an avalanche. Technically, this isn’t true. For an avalanche to happen, you need to have a […]
Stuck In A Backwater Town?
Horror Movie Trope https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun14_Post.mp4 A lot of horror movies and other kinds of movies take place in a “backwater.” This is a metaphor to describe a small area off the beaten path. A backwater is section of a river that doesn’t get any flow. So the water is stagnant, not fresh, etc. […]
Brainwave Vibing Patterns
Vibing Problems https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun13_Post.mp4 One common problem many people have is what to say. Job interviews, first dates, or even just sitting next to an interesting person. Here’s a metaphorical way to describe this common question of “what to say.” There is you, and there is them. You feel a desire to […]
Catch All The Fish In The Sea
Scaled Up Seduction https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May30_Post.mp4 One of the biggest changes from the Industrial Revolution was economies of scale. For example, before, people had to plant and harvest things by hand. Hopefully with the help of animals. This took a long time. But once they started using fossil fuel for energy, it was […]
The Science Of Love
I’m Falling https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May03_Post.mp4 How does one fall in love? First, take a look at that phrase. “Fall” in love. According to a theory of metaphors, we think of love as a container. Since we use it with the preposition “in.” Kind of like being “in” a meeting. George Lakoff […]
The Motorboat Mind Trap
Metaphors Are Descriptions https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar27_Post.mp4 There’s a common metaphor about the relationship between the conscious mind and the unconscious mind. And like many metaphors, it sort of sounds good, but it’s not very helpful. Metaphors, are by their nature, less complex than the thing they are describing. And metaphors ARE descriptions. Not […]
Moving Pictures Seductive Ideas
Terrifying Realism https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Feb28_Post.mp4 Way back in the day, when movies were first created, it must have been pretty impressive. One such movie had a train driving right at the audience. And people thought it was going to come out of the screen and crash into them. Silly, yes. But when new […]
Beware The Rattlesnake In The Box
Two Persuasion Models There are two basic ways to persuade somebody. Inside out, or outside in. Most of us use the outside in approach. We’ve got a fantastic idea in our brain. And since that idea lives in our brains, we LOVE it. And since WE love it, we assume […]
Open Dreaming Loops
Secret Writer Once there was an author. A secret author. He wrote many books. Under many names. Different from his own. If you do find his book. And start reading. This will begin. So Far So Good https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Dec15Loop.mp4 Like a regular fantasy book. Kings and queens. […]
Calibrated Love Words
Speaking Contest Once there was a speaking contest. With many parameters. With the winner being chosen. After many rounds of competition. The first round. Was based on speed and pronunciation. Carefully calibrated syllables. And professional enunciated sounds. Whoever could speak the quickest. And the most accurate. […]
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