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What does this mean, that it ‘hinges on what is common’?[1] — Jan Zwicky talks about metaphor as a gesture that brings two or more contexts together on the hinge of what they have in common before releasing each to each:[2] good metaphors enable insight into commonalities and differences between contexts.[3] We notice commonalities within difference, and vice versa.[4] Thus, the transformation hinges both on what is common, and what is different, between our world and others.
It involves an experiential shift that’s structured metaphorically. We experience commonalities within difference.
[1] Zwicky, W&M, LH51, LH62, LH67, LH80, LH83, LH98; both ‘hinge’ and ‘what is common’ are terms from Zwicky.
[2] ibid, LH51.
[3] ibid, LH4.
[4] ibid, LH32, LH59, LH62.