from <a href="/en/Study%20Session%201%20on%20%22Experiential%20Processes%20and%20the%20Creation%20of%20Meaning">Study Session 1 on &quot;Experiential Processes and the Creation of Meaning</a>
To invent a <a href="/en/metaphor">metaphor</a> to express a prior felt meaning is &quot;<a href="/en/comprehension">comprehension</a>.&quot;
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<li>It already has a felt meaning and we want to symbolize it.<ul>
<li>But none of the existing symbols fit perfectly with what I want to say.</li>
<li>So combine existing symbols.</li>
<li><img src='https://scrapbox.io/api/pages/nishio-en/nishio/icon' alt='nishio.icon' height="19.5"/>Isn&#39;t that the same explanation I gave in the metaphor section?&quot; You thought? Correct!<ul>
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To invent a metaphor to express a prior felt meaning is &quot;comprehension.&quot; (p.117)
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<li><img src="https://gyazo.com/73018abef8816d7d394a9c55c94a5b89/thumb/1000" alt="image"></li>
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<li><img src='https://scrapbox.io/api/pages/nishio-en/nishio/icon' alt='nishio.icon' height="19.5"/>So, for example, &quot;understanding&quot; in &quot;reading a book and understanding what it says&quot; or &quot;seeing a metaphor and understanding what it means&quot; is different from COMPREHENSION. Please note.</li>
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