Universal theme overview
Presence is a child in the Universal themes series and is a member of the Style theme family. This is a theme overview post.
Presence is having others know something is there. It is created by physical and spiritual actions and elements which build a reputation.
Big ideas
- We cannot learn, understand or remember things we don’t pay attention to.
- Listening builds relationships and increases your perceived strength.
- Creative mood reflects that all of art, like all human experience, is emotional.
- Your reputation is a pattern build from every action you take or word you say.
- The best way to being noticed is to be confidently, fully yourself.
Presence key concepts
- Attention is concentration of the mental powers onto something, a focus of energy. You notice what is before you and what it is about.
- Celebrity is distinction given to something or someone known or famous. Anything well known tend sot be given special privileges.
- Demeanor is the way in which a person behaves and carries him or herself, the particular and persistent qualities of conduct and physical presence.
- Humility is a freedom from excessive pride and arrogance, resulting in a moderate and downplayed sense of what you are worth. Placing yourself in importance below others around you.
- Identity is the state of being the same and not different. You know who or what someone or something is by its unchanging qualities.
- Listening is paying attention, to hear and try to understand what is being said. If you continue give your attention to something and follow up on what you have heard, you are still listening.
- A mantra is a word or phrase used repeatedly to enter a spiritual state or to awaken higher levels of thinking and feeling.
- A mood is a style of being, a way of expressing meaning. In behavior it is a temporary and always changing state of mind, expressing different styles of feeling.
- Reputation is the way others think about a person or thing.
- Reverence is a stronger form of respect, shown out of esteem mixed with fear.
Archetypes
animals: gazelle, lobster, opossum, skunk
birds: crow, hoopoe, peacock, pheasant
flowers: dahlia, tulip
foods: coconut
roles: celebrity, queen
settings: island
symbols: perfume, ring, sports car