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On death and decomposition 💀

Building a bridge from the old to the new

Alexandra Taylor

Alexandra Taylor

metaphormetaphor

No nudity—only the “naked truth”

On balancing precision with understanding

Alexandra Taylor

Alexandra Taylor

metaphormetaphor

The metaphor is the medium is the message

Experience one thing on another's terms

Alexandra Taylor

Alexandra Taylor

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Where shall we begin?

Moving from mess to linear narrative and back again

Alexandra Taylor

Alexandra Taylor

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Stop rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic

Be the iceberg instead

Alexandra Taylor

Alexandra Taylor

An estival interlude ☀️

Featuring CIA-level semantics and evolutionarily correct orcs

Alexandra Taylor

Alexandra Taylor

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Improv is pure ludicy

Play and communication in the 21st century

Alexandra Taylor

Alexandra Taylor

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This is not a newsletter

Symbols, maps, models, and reality

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Alexandra Taylor

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Here's a fun (Utopian) experiment

What can the Shakers teach us about communicating complexity?

Alexandra Taylor

Alexandra Taylor

metaphormetaphor

Get in—we’re going to hell

The road through hell is paved with good material

Alexandra Taylor

Alexandra Taylor

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How does any of this mean?

What a crumbling tome from the ‘50s can tell us about reaching people today

Alexandra Taylor

Alexandra Taylor

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For elegant analogies, think in systems

Metaphors based on systems dynamics can make complex topics feel familiar

Alexandra Taylor

Alexandra Taylor