Metaphor Atlas - Revision history

Chai: Connect the Atlas to three detailed comparison articles and update the cross-language guide description.

2026-09-23T08:18:14Z

Connect the Atlas to three detailed comparison articles and update the cross-language guide description.

Chai: Connect atlas to the language-and-culture guide and presentation companion library

2026-09-22T16:11:50Z

Connect atlas to the language-and-culture guide and presentation companion library

Chai: Expand atlas to ten illustrated topics and add reading routes for connection, support and change

2026-09-22T15:57:30Z

Expand atlas to ten illustrated topics and add reading routes for connection, support and change

Chai: Create illustrated visual atlas linking four new reference articles and reading routes through the existing library.

2026-09-22T12:12:35Z

Create illustrated visual atlas linking four new reference articles and reading routes through the existing library.

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<span style="font-size:1.6em;line-height:1.3;">Explore the library through its landscapes.</span><br />
Maps, rooms, rivers and lanterns offer four starting points. Choose an illustration to open its article, then follow the connections into the wider collection.
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This atlas is a visual browsing guide to the Metaphors of Movement reference library. Its groupings connect subjects for comparison; they do not assign fixed meanings to an image or replace the training.

== Choose a starting point ==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="240">
File:MoM-atlas-maps-and-bearings.png|link=Maps, Compasses and Lost Bearings|alt=A map and compass overlook branching paths and mountains.|'''[[Maps, Compasses and Lost Bearings|Orientation]]'''<br />Maps, compasses, landmarks and routes.
File:MoM-atlas-houses-and-hidden-spaces.png|link=Houses, Rooms and Hidden Spaces|alt=A house cutaway reveals rooms, stairs and a cellar.|'''[[Houses, Rooms and Hidden Spaces|Inside and outside]]'''<br />Rooms, access, concealment and thresholds.
File:MoM-atlas-floods-and-dams.png|link=Floods, Dams and Breaking Banks|alt=Water passes a dam and spreads across a river valley.|'''[[Floods, Dams and Breaking Banks|Water and boundaries]]'''<br />Containment, release, inundation and recession.
File:MoM-atlas-hermit-and-lantern.png|link=The Hermit, Lanterns and Solitude|alt=A hermit raises a lantern above a mountain path.|'''[[The Hermit, Lanterns and Solitude|Light and distance]]'''<br />Solitude, visibility, position and guidance.
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''The four images are original, AI-generated editorial illustrations of imagined scenes. Source and creation details are recorded on their file pages.''

== Follow a reading route ==
=== Finding a way ===
Begin with [[Maps, Compasses and Lost Bearings]], then compare [[Paths and Trails]], [[Mazes and Labyrinths]] and [[Fog and Mist]]. A missing direction, a complicated route and an obscured view present different questions. Add [[Obstructions]] when a route is known but passage is blocked.

=== Entering, leaving and gaining access ===
Move from [[Houses, Rooms and Hidden Spaces]] to [[Doors, Gates and Thresholds]], [[Locks and Keys]] and [[Fences, Boundaries and Borders]]. Compare a place that is hidden, an entrance that is locked and a boundary that is crossed. [[Bluebeard]] supplies a literary example of permission and forbidden access.

=== Crossing and being carried ===
Read [[Bridges]] alongside [[Rivers and Civilisations]], [[Currents, Tides and Undertows]] and [[Floods, Dams and Breaking Banks]]. A crossing, a current and a spreading flood organise movement differently. [[Ships]] and [[Anchors and Moorings]] add floating, travelling and holding a position.

=== Seeing and being seen ===
Start with [[The Hermit, Lanterns and Solitude]], then explore [[Shadows]], [[Elevation]] and [[Hills and Mountains]]. Compare the placement of a light, the position of its bearer and the route between the bearer and anyone else. For model-specific practitioner commentary, continue to [[Hurts]].

== Browse the wider landscape ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
! Area !! Places to explore
|-
| Ground and support || [[Foundations and Ground]], [[Rocks]], [[Fields]], [[Pits, Holes and Trenches]]
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| Height and passage || [[Hills and Mountains]], [[Valleys]], [[Stairs and Ladders]], [[Tunnels]]
|-
| Water and shore || [[Oceans]], [[Lakes]], [[Wells]], [[Beaches & Shorelines]], [[Swamps]]
|-
| Weather and visibility || [[Clouds]], [[Fog and Mist]], [[Ice, Snow and Frozen Landscapes]], [[Lightning]]
|-
| Enclosure and connection || [[Containers]], [[Ties and Binds]], [[Nets, Webs and Traps]], [[Burdens]]
|-
| Movement and repetition || [[Trains]], [[Cars]], [[Flight]], [[Falling]], [[Wheels, Treadmills and Roundabouts]]
|}

== Ways to compare two images ==
When reading across articles, keep the physical arrangement in view:

* '''Position:''' above, below, inside, outside or between.
* '''Access:''' visible, reachable, open, locked, hidden or forbidden.
* '''Movement:''' chosen, blocked, carried, repeated or interrupted.
* '''Relationship:''' attached, separated, supported, pursued or accompanied.
* '''Change over time:''' arriving, waiting, rising, receding, returning or leaving.

These are prompts for comparing texts and pictures, not a procedure for interpreting another person's experience. The individual articles identify their sources and distinguish story events from commentary.

== Other ways to browse ==
[[Subject index]] | [[Stories and literature]] | [[Concepts and language]] | [[People and authors]] | [[Idioms A-Z]] | [[Special:AllPages|All articles A-Z]]

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 These are prompts for comparing texts and pictures, not a procedure for interpreting another person's experience. The individual articles identify their sources and distinguish story events from commentary.
 == Take the comparison further ==
-* [[Metaphor Across Languages and Cultures]] compares original wording, literal glosses and translations, with documented examples from French, Spanish, English and Aymara research.
+* [[Metaphor Across Languages and Cultures]] compares original wording, literal glosses and translations, with documented expressions and research on time, gesture and colour.
 * [[Presentation Companion Library]] connects the Metaphor Society programme with reading routes, comparison questions and a source-based note-taking guide.

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	These are prompts for comparing texts and pictures, not a procedure for interpreting another person's experience. The individual articles identify their sources and distinguish story events from commentary.		These are prompts for comparing texts and pictures, not a procedure for interpreting another person's experience. The individual articles identify their sources and distinguish story events from commentary.
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		+	== Take the comparison further ==
		+	* [[Metaphor Across Languages and Cultures]] compares original wording, literal glosses and translations, with documented examples from French, Spanish, English and Aymara research.
		+	* [[Presentation Companion Library]] connects the Metaphor Society programme with reading routes, comparison questions and a source-based note-taking guide.

	== Other ways to browse ==		== Other ways to browse ==

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 <span style="font-size:1.6em;line-height:1.3;">Explore the library through its landscapes.</span><br />
-Maps, rooms, rivers and lanterns offer four starting points. Choose an illustration to open its article, then follow the connections into the wider collection.
+Ten illustrated starting points connect landscapes, structures, sound, time and transformation. Choose an illustration to open its article, then follow the connections into the wider collection.
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-''The four images are original, AI-generated editorial illustrations of imagined scenes. Source and creation details are recorded on their file pages.''
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 == Follow a reading route ==
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 === Seeing and being seen ===
 Start with [[The Hermit, Lanterns and Solitude]], then explore [[Shadows]], [[Elevation]] and [[Hills and Mountains]]. Compare the placement of a light, the position of its bearer and the route between the bearer and anyone else. For model-specific practitioner commentary, continue to [[Hurts]].
 == Browse the wider landscape ==