Memes, Metaphors and Magic

Focusing on What's Meant For You: Reflections on the Disloyal Boyfriend Meme with Darnell Gilet

• Taran Cardone • Episode 12

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Memes: 

  • Distracted Boyfriend Meme - "So this meme is the meme where you have one guy that's walking down the street with his girlfriend holding her hand, but he's looking, looking over his left shoulder back to another girl that caught his attention. So it's a very popular meme that people use. And then the people usually put words over it where essentially the way people use that meme is you have something that's yours, but there's something that's not yours that's catching your attention. But the thing that's in your hand is looking at you feeling neglected."

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Metaphors:

  • "If there is a metaphor, I would say if I'm the man, what's in my hand is life and what's walking away from me is football, right?"
  • "There's a quote from a show Friday Night Lights that I love and the quarterback Street said, 'You can have it all, but you can't have it all at once.'... It's about timing and there's a sense of anxiety and you want things."
  • "A ship in the harbor is safe but that is not what ships are built for." - John A. Shedd
  • Underlying, or primary, metaphors:
    • KNOWING/UNDERSTANDING IS SEEING
    • DESIRE/NEED IS HUNGER
    • IMPORTANCE IS SIZE 
    • PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS
    • ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION 
    • CHANGE IS MOTION
    • CIRCUMSTANCES ARE WEATHER
    • TIME PERIODS IN OUR LIVES ARE CONTAINERS.


Magic:

  • Connectedness®  (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Developer®  (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Restorative®  (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Responsibility®  (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Maximizer®  (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)  
  • Relator®  (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
  • Taurus (Astrology)


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Resources:

  • The Pivot Year by Brianna Wiest
  • Authoring Your Life: Developing Your Internal Voice to Navigate Life's Challenges