Friday, May 09, 2014

ReFraming Language

Frames are mental structures. As a result, they shape the goals we seek, the plans we make, the way we act, and what counts as a good or bad outcome of our actions. Reframing is changing the way the public sees the world. . . . because language activates frames, new language is required for new frames. Thinking differently requires speaking differently.

-- George Lakoff

Continue here....  I am pretty fascinated by the posts so far this week; how our perceptions and language shape what and how we think.