Shown acts move visitors more than applied labels such as heroism

Evidence

In interpretive markers we should be chary of using words like “heroes.” Certainly the men were heroes who are so described; but it is better to tell what they did, and the visitor will not forget that the acts were heroic. Indeed, when it occurs to him that it was heroism, it is borne in upon him more forcefully than if he were told so. “They fought against great odds, but they held their position.” This sentence proves they were valiant, without using the word. — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 490

Categorization

• XREF: Grounds the reader?s polyad thread on storytelling/interpretation showing rather than telling; similar logic to craft advice about concrete specifics beating abstractions. — connects to: Interpretation exposes the soul of things, never sermonizes — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 296; People act largely on mediated images rather than direct experience; People act on media-formed images of reality more than on direct experience. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 714

Broader Connections

• People act largely on mediated images rather than direct experience #expands (0.72)
• People act on media-formed images of reality more than on direct experience. #expands (0.72) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 714