a sign refers symbols refer and exemplify, by getting you to participate - serious play. done through [[Metaphor]] - the same symbolism can also be said for patriotism, looking at a flag, get all these different emotions and values and thoughts that converge and leverage the flag to bring them all up together for your [[Cerebellum]] just integrate - it is a focal point that can also disclose reality and cultivate anagoge symbols let us trace back from justice to perspectival machinery used in exaptation (change of trait during evolution) - done through cerebellum - it finds patterns between parts of brain - this gives a top down view as well to help us then view other disciplines and ideas if you can't transcend with a symbol, it means you haven't fully internalized and understood the symbol, if you're able to still replace literary terms and treat it like an allegory it's not a simple