Natural Phenomena

Roles: force, material, process, terrain, accumulation, erosion, eruption, flow

Geological, volcanic, oceanic, atmospheric, and other natural processes that operate on scales beyond human control. Lava flows, erosion, sedimentation, avalanches, floods — events where material moves, hardens, accumulates, or erodes according to physical laws rather than human intention. As a source domain, natural phenomena map uncontrollability and irreversibility onto human systems: once the lava cools, the landscape is permanently changed.

As Source Frame (6)

• AI Is an Iceberg → artificial-intelligence
• Boil the Ocean → collaborative-work
• Cloud → computing
• External Conditions Are Climate → event-structure
• Lava Flow → software-programs
• Leaves on a Stream → psychotherapy

Applied To This Frame (2)

• fluid-dynamics → Light Is A Fluid
• geometry → Light Is A Line