"In the Netherlands, we have two sayings: 'To float a balloon' (to test or try something out) and 'That kite won’t fly' (something won’t happen or isn't applicable).
How do these relate to the woman choosing breast augmentation? By already ,,,..Read on: https://library.profpeter.my/paper-trails/mastodon-short/some-kites-are-hard-to-steer
#BodyImage #SocietalPressure #MentalHealth #SelfWorth #DutchIdioms #VisualMetaphor #AutumnMood #Photography #SocialCritique #Authenticity
Starbucks didn’t build channels. They built choreography.
🌀 CRM, App, POS = swirl of backend logic
🤲 Store, App, Home, POS = mapped frontend journey
☕ One pour. One reach. One unified system.
This isn’t coffee. It’s a teardown-grade system map.
📎 Full breakdown →
https://ashishvarghesethomas.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/starbucks-omnichannel-top-lessons/
#StarbucksTeardown #OmnichannelStrategy #CustomerJourney #SystemSync #MarketingArchitecture #UXDesign #VisualMetaphor #MastodonMarketing
I'd never noticed before that #SpeakersCorner had detectors for #gas emmisions or other dangerously hot air
#London #Photography #FreeSpeech #VisualMetaphor #utilities #HydePark
"So, the first floor is logistics - reception, finance, IT support, all that. Fourth floor is management, very important, not much work done."
"What do you do on the second and third floors?"
"We make #stars!" ✨
Caption this photo?
RIP photographer Thomas Hoepker, whose photograph of five people lounging on a gentrified stretch of Brooklyn waterfront as the World Trade Center towers burned on Sept. 11, 2001 became iconic.
#Photography #Urbanism #GenX #VisualMetaphor #September112001
The image shows a real leaf and twig, its painted gold, and it rests on a purple concrete. It's called "Imposter Syndrome." because the leaf looks special but feels it doesn't belong, just like people sometimes do. It's nature on something fake, showing the struggle to fit in.
#ImposterSyndrome
#NatureVsManmade
#ArtisticExpression
#VisualMetaphor
#GoldLeafArt
#ContrastArt
#ArtForAll
#InclusiveArt
#CreativeConcept
#PerceptionVsReality