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A small practice for the ridiculous title

A practical exercise: Compare how the title changes the way you see the picture.

Original practice · Optional exercise · Room for play

Choose a low-stakes example you can change without affecting another person’s private information or commitments.

  1. Describe the current situation in one sentence. The example here is: A serious-looking drawing receives an unexpected title.
  2. Compare how the title changes the way you see the picture.
  3. Compare the result with the difficulty you named. Write one concrete observation.
  4. Keep, adapt, or stop the experiment. A note about why you stopped is a valid result.

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What are you asking another person to agree to, and can they comfortably decline?