The danger in communicating with word pictures rests in the reality not everyone sees it like you saw it. Not everyone likes broccoli, asparagus and Brussels sprouts. I do. I am not offended by the smell of them cooking because I enjoy eating them. Some people just run out of the house when the smell them cooking. There are images which have the same effect. When I say “living in Mayberry” many people see a quaint little town where everyone knows everyone. A place where the deputy is a goofball but the local sheriff is everyone’s friend and hero. A family centric time in American history where life was simple, easy and endearing. When I say “Mayberry” others see a time, a place, an era of racism, hatred, bigotry and a lack of inclusion. They see separate water fountains, separate restrooms and segregated schools. They feel the angst of being less than their neighbors and peers. They hurt for their parents and family members who were blasted with water canons, beaten for no reason, arrested and imprisoned it’s no just cause. See the word “Mayberry” is of itself a word picture. It could be described is greater and greater detail until you can hear the jingle of the bicycle bell as it passes on the street and smell Aunt Bees apple pie cooking in the kitchen. In the moment some people will resonate with a peaceful day gone by which they would love to return to. Others will tremble in fear, pain and anxiety of a day they had wished to never recall. Leaders and communicators must be sensitive to the provocation each word picture might create and then choose metaphors and stories which are emotional sculpted to draw others into the desired emotional state without manipulation or causing undue pain.
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