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Clove Diagrams provide a way to display and work with a small group of parts that is clustered around a particular issue or situation (clove - like a sub-part of an onion, with its own layers to peel back). The diagrams are visual - part symbols in a spatial arrangement, with arrows or symbols indicating relationships. But they can also be quite verbal, with labels on the relationship arrows, free standing notes on the diagram, or "bubble" notes attached to parts (so they can "talk" like comic strip characters). There can also be longer narratives or notes for the clove as a whole, each part and each relationship. You may create a series of diagrams for a clove as your understanding of it evolves, or as it changes over time.
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