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In another analogy, Bohm asks us to consider a pattern produced by making small cuts in a folded piece of paper and then, literally, unfolding it. Widely separated elements of the pattern are, in actuality, produced by the same original cut in the folded piece of paper. Here the cuts in the folded paper represent the Implicate Order and the unfolded pattern represents the Explicate Order.

The term ''holomovement'' seems to be a double reference to (a) [[holism]], the view that a whole cannot be reduced to its constituent parts (a view he insists applies to the Implicate Order), and (b) [[holography]], Bohm's favorite analogy for the relationship between Implicate and Explicate Orders. In standard photography, each section of film only stores information about the section of image it corresponds to. However, in holographic photography, sections do not correspond in this way. Rather, [[information]] about the entire reproduction is stored at every point in the holographic film (effectively, what is stored is the particular point's view of the object being reproduced). Here the holographic film along with the light cast on it represent the Implicate Order while the hologram represents the Explicate Order. Holomovement would be the act of casting the light on the film to produce the hologram.

Many, along with Bohm himself, have seen strong connections between his ideas and ideas from the East. Some proponents of [[new age| alternative religions]] (such as [[shamanism]]) claim a connection with their belief systems as well.