Snowleopard,
One of the big problems people have with your posts is that you tend to write in the abstract. You really should come down on the abstraction ladder to the more concrete. The concrete is much more understandable to most people while at the same time becoming more universal.
For example, one could say something abstract like this: " the thing's covered appendages traversed a surface while it did something" to which most will think, WTF does this mean? ? ? ?
Or, one could come all the way down the abstraction ladder and say: " the 180 pound blond mustached detective's (the thing) patent leather shoes (covered appendage) shuffled on the broken concrete sidewalk ( traversing the surface) as he ducked under the 'POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS' tape (doing something). " In this latter case, the reader or listener has a very good picture of what is going on.
You don't necessarily need to come all the way down the ladder to where it seems too personal, but it would really help most to drop down 15 rungs.