Chaos and Order
How to Consider Relationships
“I Can’t Remember,” Egg tempera on wood 36”x44” 1985
Rule #4 of my Trigger Point Theory is that metaphors are idea models.
All societies have stories, myths, and sayings that distill their wisdom, and values as teaching tools. Metaphors influence society by projecting aspirational values. Metaphors can project such vivid pictures of comparison that a powerful vison takes shape, whether or not they are grounded in or supported by truth. Linguist and philosopher George Lakoff wrote of the influence of political metaphors, such as the nuclear family to evoke a sense of commonality in campaign language.…