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#metaphor
August 2026 2 notes
Civilisation is a thin film across an ocean of chaos
Civilisation is a thin film across an ocean of chaos.
— Werner Herzog
July 2026 2 notes
🌦️ Harmony and balance
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Doug explores the concept of harmony and balance, drawing from Joseph Albers' Plus = Minus and the idea of eudaimonia. He reflects on this from a balcony in Lisbon, overlooking the Tagus.
Mosquitoes in the room
"We all know the elephant in the room' — the topic that everyone knows is there, but no one talks about. But what about the mosquitoes in the room, the tiny things we sense but ignore?"
— Mariana Alessandri, 'The fourth wall' (New Philosopher, #49)
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May 2026 2 notes
Reflections on 'Myths We Live By: Metaphor as a Tool for Empowering Change'
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A workshop by Annalise Lewis on May 1, 2026 explored how metaphors shape perception and can evolve rather than replace existing narratives. The session introduced four layers of story, clean language techniques, and a "poetic shift" to empower change. It prompted personal reflection on evolving a consultancy practice toward greater risk tolerance and systems thinking.
…Substrate is a digital garden
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The note explains that after trying other tools like Obsidian and Forestry.md, the author created Substrate, a digital garden that pulls in Are.na bookmarks and organizes notes into stages: Rough, Working, and Settled. The name derives from the biological concept of substrate, the surface on which organisms live, as a more fitting metaphor than "digital garden."
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