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The case story caused something to take root in my consciousness that
would not have if it had been a conventional clinical account. I immediately
found myself enthralled in the way in which the therapy was being
conducted—amazed that something so true to how I have always viewed
the human condition was being used therapeutically. It has been weeks
now—over a month, actually—and I am still throwing myself into narrative
articles, discussions, and wonderings every free chance.
The story allowed me to generate mental images of every scene, which
helps remembering the story itself. Images are very powerful in storing
concept and ideas, and you really can’t have stories without images and
symbols. In fact, the way Kay describes the situation so vividly in the paper,
almost as if it was a short story, creates a lot of images which ensures that I
will remember this particular paper far better than most of the scientific
literature that I normally read.
Aesthetic category #3: Appeal
Here, the aim is for the text to possess the
