For a symbol to exist, it must be located somewhere in perceptual space. Symbols and their relationships to each other do not exist in isolation. They are part of wider contexts and larger systems consisting of higher level patterns. To understand a pattern, we must map a configuration of relationships. So their Symbolic Landscapes correspond to what we describe as a Semantic Network of frames within frames.
Patterns emerge from a network of relationships.
They connect components across multiple spaces, times, and forms. They exist as stable configurations, repeating sequences, and recurring motifs. We are not stuff that abides, but patterns that perpetuate themselves. Modelling via Metaphors With this way of thinking about symbolic reality, then how a system is organized becomes crucial. Lawley and Tompkins starts were we all start in NLP, the way we talk about things contains cues and clues about our mental structuring.