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Character influences Plot. Activate to inspect this relation.Characterization enables Conflict. Activate to inspect this relation.Climax is part of Plot. Activate to inspect this relation.Dramatic conflict enables Plot. Activate to inspect this relation.Conflict depends on Plot. Activate to inspect this relation.Figurative language enables Imagery. Activate to inspect this relation.Foreshadowing influences Pacing. Activate to inspect this relation.Foreshadowing is part of Plot. Activate to inspect this relation.Imagery applies to Setting. Activate to inspect this relation.Imagery depends on Figurative language. Activate to inspect this relation.Metaphor applies to Mimesis. Activate to inspect this relation.Metaphor is a Imagery. Activate to inspect this relation.Metaphor is a Trope. Activate to inspect this relation.Metaphor applies to Language. Activate to inspect this relation.Metaphor influences Meaning. Activate to inspect this relation.Narrative Structure explains Plot. Activate to inspect this relation.Narrative Time applies to Plot. Activate to inspect this relation.Pacing influences Plot. Activate to inspect this relation.Plot is part of Dramatic structure. Activate to inspect this relation.Plot is part of Story and Discourse. Activate to inspect this relation.Plot is part of Narrative. Activate to inspect this relation.Setting constrains Plot. Activate to inspect this relation.Show, don't tell applies to Characterization. Activate to inspect this relation.Show, don't tell requires Imagery. Activate to inspect this relation.MetaphorMimesisImageryTropeLanguageMeaningSettingFigurative languageShow, don't tellPlotCharacterizationDramatic structureStory and DiscourseNarrativeCharacterClimaxDramatic conflictConflictForeshadowingNarrative StructureNarrative TimePacing
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16 concepts viewed through this lens. Bridge concepts connect this view to Aesthetics, Comparative Literature, Culture, Dramaturgy….

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  • Arrow points from cause / source to effect / target
  • A line with no arrow is a two-way relationship
  • Node colour marks the concept’s primary discipline
22 concepts24 relationships10 disciplines5 relation families

At a glance

Understanding or describing one thing in terms of another, a figure central to poetic and everyday language.

Disciplines
Poetics · Linguistics · Semantics · Creative Writing
Role in the graph
Cross-disciplinary bridge — reaches Aesthetics, Culture, Philosophy
Relationships
5 · 3 relation families

What am I looking at?

In this lens (16)

Bridge concepts (17)

Just outside the lens — they connect it to other context.

Insights from this view

Structural observations about the concepts shown here — descriptions of this graph, not claims about the world.

  • This view connects 10 disciplines: Aesthetics, Creative Writing, Culture, Dramaturgy, Linguistics, Narratology, Philosophy, Poetics, Semantics, Theatre.
  • Metaphor is a bridge concept — viewed here through Creative Writing, Linguistics, Poetics, Semantics.
  • The connections here span 5 relation families.

Relationships as a list

The focused concept’s relationships. Pick another concept in the graph above to update this list.

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A lens is a deterministic projection of the graph. Pick a discipline, thinking pattern or journey to reframe the whole view.

By discipline

ChemistryBiologyPhysicsMathematicsComputer ScienceGeologyMineralogyEconomics

By thinking pattern

Bayesian updatingCause and effectCompoundingConservationConstraintsDefense in depthDiffusion & spreadEmergenceEnergy transformationEntropy & irreversibilityEquilibriumFeedback loopIncentivesInformationLevels & hierarchyModularityNetworksOptimizationOscillationProbabilityRecursion & self-similarityScaleSignal vs noiseSource–pathway–receptorStocks and flowsSymmetry & invarianceThresholds & tipping pointsTrade-offsTriangulationVariation & selectionWaves

By journey

From a Leaf to the ClimateWhy Music Moves UsHow Machines LearnReasoning about a Leaf and the Climate

Concept collections

Concept collections are curated lenses onto the fabric — themed sets of ideas that recur across disciplines. They are not journeys; they are a way to read the graph.

About this view

What this is

Start from one concept and expand outward. The view never shows everything at once — click a node to refocus, filter by relationship type, or switch to an accessible list.

One fabric

3750 concepts and 5051 typed relations form one connected component — no isolated silo.

How to read it

Focus a concept, or apply a lens (discipline, mental model, journey) to see only the threads that matter.