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Brilliant idea, How to grow a unique bonsai tree from dragon fruit

What to study

Curiosity Gap

  • The left photo makes no sense on its own, dark seed-covered balls on sticks.
  • The right is a neat little green tree.
  • The arrow claims one became the other, and because you cannot picture the steps, the click fills the gap.
How the packaging works
Title

The title names the unlikely source, dragon fruit, and stamps the result as unique.

Thumbnail

The thumbnail shows two states that look unrelated, joined by a single arrow.

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Use this when your before and after look like different worlds. Let the strange starting state do the pulling and keep the steps hidden. The wider the gap between the two photos, the harder the arrow works.

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The transferable lesson

The stranger the before, the harder the arrow works.

NicheGardening
Video formatHow-to / Tutorial
Click driverCuriosity GapDesired Outcome
Visual signalArrowBefore and AfterTransformation

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