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Notes from Metaphors that Rock and Your Vision Story (Gabriel and George’s session)
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Notes from Metaphors that Rock and Your Vision Story (Gabriel and George’s session)
Session leaders: Gabriel and George
Scribe: Allison Quaid
*Note: For those in the session, please add any comments that you feel got left out. thanks!
Word (e.g. poetry) and metaphors have power to shape the way people perceive the world
Universe Story is so big and people are so different, need various metaphors to make sense of it and have wide appeal
Metaphors are memorable, and can help us to make sense of larger system dynamics
We construct our reality – what is a metaphor for that?
Need core metaphors that speak across the divide, e.g.:
Power storage
If we can efficiently store energy, we have lots of options
Lots of stuck power in our corporations – lost human potential
Body stores energy – and we need to get it flowing
How can we store energy and allow it to flow when it should?
Gabriel had goal to bring together electricians (those dealing with energy and storage), body workers, and artists to learn how to make energy flow.
Metaphor: Consciousness is our oxygen challenger (consciousness as stored power and oxygen as poison throughout evolution until now)
What is your vision story? make 1-2 minute videos as if it already happened, and seeing that it is possible is powerful
We need a network to support each other’s work
Playmates – we need to have partners and a playground for co-creating our future
Butterfly as a metaphor – imaginal cells unite! See Norrie Huddle’s book for complete metaphor
We don’t know what our vision will look like, however one way is to tune into our inner calling and follow it.
There isa power of story, you need to find out what is your vision story and what is the network you have in place to support each other
Your work should be seen as play, and then you know you’re on the right track
We need to move away from competition to collaboration
E.g. open source v. packaged & competitive product
Micro-lending is a great example
Need meta-metaphor for how all butterflies are connected and have a collective impact
Need metaphor for how small changes individuals make have a larger collective impact (beyond one about a butterfly, since that metaphor doesn’t appeal to masculine and/or other cultures)
Shift from dirty energy to clean energy could be an example of a metaphor
Need metaphor that shows global positive change is happening
Image of being part of something greater than self and which is positive is needed
Need to convey that it isn’t a sacrifice to live in harmony with planet and be green
Change starts with self – metaphor of a personal compass
Faith needed that a positive future will emerge
Table metaphor – sitting on same side of the table – take table away.
Chuck and the Amazing Grace – book that has some good metaphors
Lina Booth Sweeny does children’s stories that make that connections between universe and humans
www.learningtogive.org is a website that lists folktales and which might have some good metaphors
Notes from Metaphors that Rock and Your Vision Story (Gabriel and George’s session)
"Tell me if I disturb you," he asked as he entered, "and I'll leave right away." "You don't only disturb," she answered, "you shake my whole existence. Welcome!" --Bo Setterlind
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