1 · Time as an investment
Two friends are deciding how to spend their afternoon.
Is it worth investing two hours in this?
FROM EVERYDAY LIFE TO WAYS OF THINKING
How does an image in language change my view?
Investing time or spending time together: the wording changes what we attend to.
One situation, two perspectives
2 · Time as a shared experience
The same invitation can be considered from another angle.
What could we experience together in those two hours?
What can we notice?
“Investing” transfers an idea from the use of financial resources to time. The question invites attention to a possible return. The second wording foregrounds the experience of being together.
TRY IT YOURSELF
Change the example.
Describe the same task first as a hurdle and then as an opportunity to learn. What actions does each image suggest? What does each leave out?
Your question to take further
What does this image make me notice, and what might another image reveal?
Take your question further.
Open the public preview of these three stations. Only choosing “Import into my reading paths” creates an additional private path. Add your own guiding question there; existing paths remain intact.
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