SUPERIMPOSE:
overlap, cover, overlay. superimpose dissimilar images or ideas. combine sensory perceptions (sound, color, etc.). combine a different point of view synchronistically...

SYMBOLIZE
how can your subject be imbued with symbolic qualities? what can you do to turn your subject into a symbolic image or a public symbol?

CONTRADICT
contradict the subject's original function - reverse + deny! visualize your subject in connection with the reversal of the laws of nature, magnetic fields, growth cycles, procedures, rituals, or methods...

ISOLATE
separate, set apart, crop, detach... what elements can you remove or focus on?

MYTHOLOGIZE
build a myth around your subject. how can you transform your subject into an iconic object?

CHANGE SIZE
make subject bigger, smaller, different in proportion, relative in size...

PARODY
ridicule, mimic, mock, caricature. make fun of the subject - roast it, transform it into a visual pun or joke...

COMBINE
bring things together. connect, link, unify, mix, merge, rearrage. combine ideas, materials, technologies.

REPEAT
repeat a color, form, shape, idea. restate, echo, duplicate in some way. make a pattern.

TRANSFER
move your subject into a new situation, environment or context. adapt, relocate, dislocate to a new environment.

DISGUISE
camoflauge, conceal, deceive, encrypt. how can you hide, mask and shift your subject into another frame of reference?

ANIMATE
mobilize, bring life to inanimate objects with human qualities. apply repitition, progression, narration.

SUBSTITUTE
exchange, switch, replace. what other ideas, images, etc. can be substituted?

ADD
Extend, expand, supplement, magnify your reference matter - make it bigger.

SYMPATHIZE
relate to your subject. put yourself in it's "shoes." think of it as having human qualities.