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Re: Using metaphors

Hi Simon,
Yes, your posting on metaphors did go out. I have it  and another posting
where you listed some books you recommended, where I can open them up and
reread them. There is something unique in the way you express yourself and I
have enjoyed reading your postings.

Metaphors are probably the most used phrasings in conversation. Designing
them to NLP principles has taken me a while to approach. I have been
concentrating on learning the Milton patterns, and find myself explaining
myself to people who suspect I am "doing something", because of my
awkwardness, in metaphors.
Sometimes I trip up trying to invent an appropriate metaphor to capture the
moment I find myself in...blow it...then, to cover myself, I conjure a
flawless metaphor as easy as pie as an explanatory offering.

As I reread and edited the above paragraph I began a conscious streaming of
situations in which I became extremely versatile and spouting metaphor after
metaphor in a attempt to creat an out for myself when I've painted myself in
a proverbial corner. When I have found myself faced with certain death or
physical pain, if I didn't come through with a plausible explanation, my
resources are all immediately available, synonymous with 'my life appearing
before my eyes...'.

Creating the right metaphor for "...a person to pick an appropriate
experience to learn from." is more challenging when there is no real pressure.

Do you have memories of times when creating a metaphor was easy and natural,
even before you began your study of NLP?

Respectfully,
James

At 07:13 PM 11/28/96 -0000, you wrote:
>I recently sent (or thought I'd sent) a posting about using metaphors. I'm
>not sure that the message actually got through. In case it didn't, here it
>is again. If it did get through then here's a second chance to enjoy it!
>
>*******************************************
>
>I use stories and metaphors a lot in training. I train groups of staff and
>managers in a large UK hospital in subjects such as computer skills,
>customer care, management and so on.
>
>A good story (about another group of staff/managers) told in an enthralling
>way can captivate people and start them creating all sorts of internal
>representations (this is trance, isn't it!!?). Examples and stories can be
>used in almost any setting.
>
>Listening to a story or a metaphor is a personal experience, it doesn't
>matter if the person is sitting alone with the story teller or in a group
>of many other people, each will create their own representations. A
>powerful and compelling story will move them and create for them an
>experience from which they can learn.
>
>
>         Simon Stanton
>
>    ===making learning fun ===
>   simon@stant-1.demon.co.uk
>http://www.stant-1.demon.co.uk
>
>
>