Metaphors for the magic?

[Marei Kiele]

 Even if using metaphors has been debunked in the meantime I add this little piece:
Hi Doug,again with delay as I am working my way through hundreds of mails I have saved but not read yet. I like your popcorn methaphor - and the little dirt, a little manure, a few seeds and some rainy days and in no time you get flowers ower all - magic!Here is one I used different times: OST is like the Überraschungs-Ei (suprise-egg?), a chocolate-candy for children with a little toy inside sold by Ferrero in Germany and different other countries: you get 3 things for one price. The chocolate-egg-add promises play, fun and chocolate. And in open space one gets extraordinary results, team building and personal developement. And even fun on top.Greetings,
Marei
 "Douglas D. Germann, Sr." <mailto:76066.515 at compuserve.com> schrieb:
> Dear friends--
> 
> In the last few weeks I have been increasingly frustrated by the responses I
> get from people to my descriptions of a community OST event I am otherwise
> having fun dis-organizing. <grin>
> 
> When I try to describe the magic of OS, I get responses like the one the
> other day: "Oh, you mean it is a networking event?"
> 
> So I have been thinking of what kinds of metaphors might communicate the
> magic, mystery and awe we find in experience.
> 
> What concrete metaphors can you think of for something that produces
> unexpected results, out of all proportion--quantitatively or
> qualitatively--to what the initial conditions were (that is, people gathering
> to converse)?
> 
> Here are a couple I have come up with, so far:
> 
> This is like shaking a bottle of pop--and then popping the
> lid. It is like popcorn--a little corn, a little oil, a
> little heat--soon a reaction gives us enough food for a
> party! Or who could predict, without knowing humanity, that
> a party in the back seat of a '56 Chevy would lead to dirty
> diapers at 4 am? This is a boiling roiling pot; a darkroom
> where pictures of the future can be developed; a
> germinating kettle for works new and wonderful. A few seeds
> in the wind, a collection of moisture, a little time, and
> soon even the desert blooms. A little dirt, a little
> manure, a few seeds, some rainy days, and in no time you
> get flowers all over! A little dollop of batter in the paper
> becomes an overflowing muffin.
> 
> This is a creative group--I am sure you will be able to come up with greater
> metaphors than these.
> 
>                               :-Doug. Germann
>                               Seeking people making community change.
> 
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