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The Sea of Life: A Metaphorical Vehicle for Theory Explication

Donna R. Hodnicki, RN; PhD

Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

Sharon D. Horner, RN; PhD

Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

Susan J. Simmons, RN; PhD

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Metaphorical expression is viewed as a fundamental way of symbolizing used to develop nursing theory. The Sea of Life poem depicts a metaphor for explicating a theoretical structure derived from principles of the human becoming theory: Transforming occurs in the revealing-concealing of valuing. The Sea of Life, an original poem, sets forth the idea that unique meanings are cocreated through human-environment relationships. The concepts of valuing, revealing-concealing, and transforming are linked through the poem to lived experiences. The easily recognizable concrete lived experiences which flow from the poem are re-conceptualized to formulate research questions.

Key Words: Metaphor • Human Becoming • Parse's Theory

Nursing Science Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 1, 25-27 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/089431849300600108
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