Just looking at an image and ignoring what it explicitly says, can trigger a metaphor that can lead you to a surprising space.

This is what happened to me today.
I stumbled upon an image.

Photo by Craig McDean

Then the following 10 things happened in the next 5 minutes:

1. I thought: “This image is eye-catching.”

2. I stared at the image for 5 seconds.

3. The first word that came to my mind when seeing it was “reverse”.

4. I asked myself: “What are the reversed things that seem interesting to me?”

5. My answer was: “Reverse thinking appeals to me.”

6. I googled for the concept of reverse thinking.

7. This is what I found.

8. I said to myself: “I want to experience this.”

9. I thought: “This is an idea that makes me happy” and I shared it on Trigwee.

10. I said to myself: “Now it’s safe. It won’t get lost among hundreds of ideas that cross my mind everyday. Even if I don’t practice reverse thinking right now, I will certainly stumble upon this idea every time I log in to Trigwee and I will end up doing it.”

My intention was to share a way in which I use Trigwee and how the image - idea philosophy is valuable to me. We are still figuring out what would people get out of using lists of visually represented ideas. So, you are welcome to share your thoughts. They would be extremely valuable to us.