Re-Framing
by Thomas · updated 4d ago
Re-Framing
- A metaphor is formed when two aspects of the world become linked together in a meaningful way. For example, we talk of a stormy meeting. We take the turmoil and chaos of a storm and make correspondences with the turmoil and chaos of a conflicted meeting.
from Unravelling the Myth/Metaphor Layer in Causal Layered Analysis by Victor MacGill
Thomas added 3mo ago
The rule of reframing can look different depending on what you're dealing with. But it always involves seeing a problem from a different angle, with the goal of breaking a cycle of harmful thoughts and behavior.
from Emotionally Intelligent People Use the Rule of Reframing to Change Their Perspective, Think Differently, and Reduce Anxiety by Justin Bariso
Thomas added 3mo ago
The rules had been constructed long before I was born, and I did not know yet I was allowed to break them or redefine them or ignore them entirely.
— Jami Attenberg, I Came All This Way to Meet Youfrom The Satisfaction of Practice in an Achievement-Oriented World
Thomas added 2mo ago
- The physical world and the cognitive worlds become linked through metaphors.
from Unravelling the Myth/Metaphor Layer in Causal Layered Analysis by Victor MacGill
Thomas added 3mo ago
- A key shift in consciousness is when one learns to break frames. This does not mean to discard them, but rather to recognize that every frame is in need of constant updating. In order to allow the updating of any frame, we must remove any sense of identity from that frame.
from Frames by Ken Lowry
Thomas added 3mo ago
- While all layers are always present and all are vital to understand any situation, Inayatullah (2003b, p.6) places a “higher” value on the mythic/metaphor layer because it informs all the other layers. Meadows (2008) similarly believes the most effective leverage point in a system is one that “transcends the paradigm”. For Meadows the “highest” lev... See more
from Unravelling the Myth/Metaphor Layer in Causal Layered Analysis by Victor MacGill
Thomas added 3mo ago
- We might not be able to escape the sociopolitical systems that structure the world at large, but by knowing they exist, we can be more intentional about how we move through and beyond them.
from Leaving the Cult of Never Enough
Thomas added 3mo ago
- Framing is decisive. At every moment, we live and operate and relate to the world from inside our framing of it, our mental model of it. Relating to the world as made up of ecosystems will result in very different outcomes than relating to the world as made up of individuals, of discrete things that can be treated distinctly.
from The Ecosystem Hypothesis by Medium
Thomas added 3mo ago
There is a social cost to early-moving because all our reward systems are baked into those preexisting mutually reinforcing frames. When we adopt a new frame (e.g. “the climate crisis is an emergency worth our sustained attention”) we put at risk any reward systems in conflict with our new frame.
from Emergencies, Frameshifts and What They Tell Us About Our Place in the World by Spencer R. Scott
Thomas added 3mo ago