“Recognition and liberation are simultaneous.” – Tibetan Book of the Dead

Roy Peter Clark on the Ladder of Abstraction, in his article, “Show and Tell”:

Good writers move up and down the ladder of abstraction. At the bottom are bloody knives and rosary beads, wedding rings and baseball cards. At the top are words that reach for a higher meaning, words like “freedom” and “literacy.”

Main idea: Communicate meaning using both abstract concepts and concrete examples.