Symbolic Processes
symbolic process is a term used in psychology. it refers to the mediation of thought with symbols; things like images, sounds, and fundamentally language.
it also has (very different but oddly related) uses in Comp-Sci
i think that some terms to describe where various notes are in their state of digest would be really effective for me. as far as language, i'm inspired by alchemy and chemistry; no doubt this is related to the 20220505165921-principle-of-atomicity as a guiding concept in the ZK community. I find that this is a helpful 1.c Metaphors for describing the vault and allows me to use a new framing device
for now they are:
⊙ atom
summary:: the thing in itself; helpless when alone, undefeatable when together; the thing that contains fragments of meaning
⚭ replication
summary:: to copy; to make as a shadow; the thing that imitates; this form is used to describe something seen
link:: Workshop
✦ aggregation
summary:: to gather; to join together; the thing that combines; this form is used to describe community
❖ deflagration
summary:: to burn away; to reduce; the thing that simplifies; this form is used to describe effort
✣ distillation
summary:: to make as a single point; to essentialize; the thing that makes clear; this form is used to describe clarity
☀︎ sublimation
summary:: to expand; to make gaseous; the thing that moves between spaces; this form is used to describe connection
❋ internalization
summary:: to swallow; to inhabit; the thing that forms being; this form is used to describe body-knowledge