Reference Framing

Imagine dangling from a precipice over a bottomless abyss. It happened to me once. I had no climbing gear and there was no safety net. I can tell you it was scary.

It was not in the Himalayas — they would not be high enough for that experience, anyway. It was on a football field!

I was a guest at a wedding of some friends in the early 2000s. It was in some small city on a clear and sunny day, and the venue was next to a local footbal field.

At some moment I decided to lose the crowds and rest a bit. I lied down in the grass of the football pitch…