Memes, Metaphors and Magic

Connecting To Our Common Humanity Through Memes with Allison K. Wyman

• Taran Cardone • Episode 9

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Memes: 

"In the email that I send guests, it explains that a meme is really this culturally shared image, virally shared. So some of the images... may not be... the meme you picture with the Impact font and all that kind of stuff. So we have a different image today that we're going to get into." - Taran

  • Meme - "So this image, I actually can't even look at it without crying. Um, I want to be very clear. This is an image of Joe Biden, but it's not a political image. That's not why I chose this. It's an image of the day that I think it's the day of his son, Beau's funeral. And he's waiting outside with his family for the casket to arrive. And he's surrounded by his grandchildren and his children and his wife. And they're standing in a line. And Joe Biden is just looking up to the sky with his eyes closed... It's such a beautiful image because it says so much about grief and about pain just through an image." - Allison

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Metaphors:

  • UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENTS ARE PLOT TWISTS. / LIFE IS A STORY.
  • LIFE IS A JOURNEY / CAREGIVING IS A JOURNEY.
  • THE CAREGIVING JOURNEY IS NAVIGATING A RIVER/OCEAN.
  • Underlying, or primary, metaphors:
    • CIRCUMSTANCES ARE WEATHER.
    • CHANGE IS MOTION.
    • ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION.
    • MEANS ARE PATHS.
    • PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS.

Magic:

  • Connectedness® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Type 2: The Helper (Enneagram)

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Resources:

  • In Over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life by Robert Kegan
  • Authoring Your Life: Developing your Internal Voice to Navigate Life's Challenges by Marcia Baxter Magolda
  • The Hero's Journey by Joseph Campbell
  • "Two" by Sleeping At Last from the Enneagram album


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