METAPHOR

The workshop day (Saturday September 27th 2008) didn't have a physical resource folder - instead (in line with greener thinking) we have produced here a collection of web-based resources.

Some of these have been written by us specifically with this day in mind, others are things we have collected. Dip in at your leisure! Either follow the links in the frame on the left, or in the list below...

Why think about metaphors at all?

A personal summary of Metaphors we live by

The world's largest metaphor

Images of organisation

Clean Language

Ideas are perceptions

Ideas are objects

Ideas are locations

Making use of metaphors

The importance of scale

Mind, metaphor and health

A course on clean language... (not run by us!)

... there are many more really excellent articles to be found at www.cleanlanguage.co.uk - we strongly suggest you visit...

George Lakoff's Conceptual Metaphor page is an incredible treasure-trove, and also worth a taste... http://cogsci.berkeley.edu/lakoff/

And some books to read...