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Here’s another Visual Metaphor. As I’ve written before, I have a client who uses my illustrations as a teaching tool for her clients who work in the upper echelons of business. In this series, my client’s client is trying to break the shackles of time. He hopes to succeed in the end so he soar to success Icarus-like and escape the chains and the Salvador Dali clocks that were keeping him down.<\/p>\n

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Here’s another Visual Metaphor. As I’ve written before, I have a client who uses my illustrations as a teaching tool for her clients who work in the upper echelons of business. 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