presence

Presence is having others know you are there. It is the way you carry yourself, both physically and spiritually. Actions build a reputation which sets up presence. Everything that someone knows or guesses about a thing factors into the presence. Make sure your thing generates something positive.
Key Concepts
Key Concepts: attention, celebrity, demeanor, humility, identity, listening, mantra, mood, reputation, reverence
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.
Archetypes and Symbols

Presence Archetypes: celebrity, dahlia, diamond, gazelle, hoopoe, lobster, opossum, peacock, perfume, pheasant, queen, ring, skunk, sports car, tulip
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, […]
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