Sharpie Al

Charlotte Alice Overton-Hart, or just Sharpie Al.

Champion of ageing and the old, and the experience and wisdom of older people, inspired by my 92-year-old gran, Nancy.

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Forced bulbs. I vaguely remember a lot of these at school. Pretty, yes, but a bad metaphor for education. Better in the big wide world, by far.

Forced bulbs.

I vaguely remember a lot of these at school. Pretty, yes, but a bad metaphor for education. Better in the big wide world, by far.

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Leaves become most beautiful
When they’re about to die
When they’re about to fall from trees
When they’re about to dry up.

Regina Spektor

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Whether or not they do so intentionally, brands tap into conceptual resources we all share. If they weren’t universal, we wouldn’t “get” the message. In the people are plants metaphor, humans can be seen as the part of the plant that grows, withers then dies. Psalm 103 says it like this, “As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone”. The Diesel ad above expresses the exact same people are plants concept, visually. Once you start metaphor spotting, you’ll see them growing everywhere.

Whether or not they do so intentionally, brands tap into conceptual resources we all share. If they weren’t universal, we wouldn’t “get” the message.

In the people are plants metaphor, humans can be seen as the part of the plant that grows, withers then dies. Psalm 103 says it like this, “As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone”. The Diesel ad above expresses the exact same people are plants concept, visually.

Once you start metaphor spotting, you’ll see them growing everywhere.

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