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The voCUBEulary
Interpreting Your Cube.
"Well, what does it mean?" is what most people ask after finishing the game. The
right answer to that question is, "You tell us." After all, it's your Cube. The
voCUBEulary was created to help.
We can't tell you for sure what your Cube means. But we can tell you what many
types of Cubes (ladders, horses, etc.) have meant to thousands of others who've
played the game.
The voCUBEulary is conveniently presented in alphabetical order and offers
many possible qualities of cubes, ladders, horses, storms, and flowers. (Can't
find yours? Choose the closest approximations.) Don't take these as the end, but
as the beginning of understanding your Cube.
* Play with adjectives. If your Cube is metal, for instance, you might say, "this
metal is hard, it's shiny, it's reflective, it's refined, it's stressed... " You're
describing yourself.
* Consider jokes and puns. The imagination has a sense of humor!
* Consult body-sense. How does it feel to BE your Cube?
The Cube
If your CUBE is . .
. . . you are:
air
black
blue
brown
buried, partially
close
cloud
crystal
diamond
dice
distant
edge, standing on
fabric
formica
glass, clear
glass, colored
glass, greenhouse/terrarium
glass, shatterproof
gold
gray
green
hand-sized
hollow
hologram
house
hovering
huge
ice, melting
ice, melt-proof
jack-in-the-box
large
metal, hollow
metal, solid
middle distance
mirrored
multicolored
on the ground
opaque
paper
plastic
point, standing on
purple
pyramid
rainbow
red
rolling/tumbling
rubber
tough but not hard/ resilient/ able to bounce back/ flexible/ funny
Rubik's
shiny
small
solid
spinning
sponge
stone, blocks
monumental/ unchanging/ firm/ hard to influence/ stubborn/ selfdeclaring ("Here I stand")/ enduring/ resigned
stone, rough
stone, polished
tiny
translucent
transparent
turning
two cubes
yellow, bright
water
The Ladder
If your LADDER is...
. . . your FRIENDS:
know the way into your heart/ are the only ones you let in/ help you
know yourself/ evoke your emotions
aluminum
balsa wood
are fair-weather friends/ can't be relied on/ are your own thoughts/
are angels (imaginary/ spiritual friends)
branches
bread
broken
have betrayed you/ let you down/ are in trouble/ are estranged from
you
cactus
bring you down to earth/ ground you in reality/ are your anchor
include God, higher power/ are from a different milieu/ are influential
contacts/ are spiritually evolved/ can help you rise
extension (fire-engine)
are not very close/ live far from you/ don't see you often/ are not
important to you
few rungs
floating
free-standing, diagonal
free-standing, vertical
are independent don't lean on you (or you on them) are ambitious
are "upstanding" have your respect
gold
are in your heart/ are in your confidence/ are intimate/ are protected
by you/ find you rather possessive
iron
iron, wrought
lean on you/ give you support/ are close companions/ are physically
affectionate
leather thongs
are natural, organic/ athletic/ Western/ casual/ outdoorsy/ plainspoken/ strong but supple
library ladder
like to read/ lead you to knowledge/ are writers, teachers/ are wellinformed/ cultured/ polished/ travel a lot
lying down
many rungs
are many
paint-spattered
include God, higher power/ help you evolve spiritually/ help you
achieve ambitions
are rooted/ immovably loyal/ take a firm stand/ give strong support
rope
are flexible/ dependent/ have a strong bond with you/ reach out to
you/ are travelers
spiral
steel
stepladder, folded
stepladder, open
swimming-pool ladder
are playmates/ share your fun & leisure/ help you relax/ lead you
into your feelings
wood, new
wood, old
are old friends/ are familiar and comfortable/ are older than you
wood, finished
The Horse
If your HORSE is . .
Appaloosa
Arabian
backing you up/ in the background/ the power behind the throne/
protected by you/ hiding behind you/ taking a back seat/ "behind" in
age or career
black
bridled/saddled, ornate
brown
camel
dead
head down
hoofprints only
a memory
hungry/thirsty
lost
lying down
mustang
nervous
no horse
palomino
your pal/ fair (in any sense)/ good as gold/ attractive blond(e)
pony
prancing
on top of CUBE
ridden by someone
running
running away
standing
tied up
married ("hitched")
toy horse
Trojan horse
trotting
unicorn
walking
white
Storm
If your STORM is . . .
. . . TROUBLE is:
acid rain
nagging worries
approaching
beautiful
black clouds
electrical
far away
horizon, on the
localized
out of sight
past
rainstorm
sandstorm
thunder
tornado
wind
Flowers
If your FLOWERS are . . .
. . . CHILDREN are:
bouquet
close to one another/ close together in age/ gifts to/from your lover
bright-colored
cactus flowers
cut flowers
daisies
dead flowers
foreground, in the
someone else's
many flowers
oasis, in a
roses
small
young/ underfoot/ pets/ other people's/ not a big part of your life
tree, on or under
vase, in a
water lilies
wild, growing