How, concrete?

Students often ask me for concrete examples for concrete examples. Here’s one from today’s twitter stream: 

Same topic, same conference. Which of the two starts a movie in your mind? 

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Well. That was easy. When it comes to understanding/presentations/learning/changes, concrete beats abstract. Always.

When you make me see things, you make me feel things. Even things I may not want to feel.

»The eye of the mind makes a movie.«
[Jack Nicholson as Joker in Batman.]