Can SSB Be Visually Understood? Ideas for Intuitive Explanations

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I am wondering whether there is a possibility to somehow intuitively explain how does that happen that gauge field acquires mass after spontaneous symmetry breaking? I mean something visualizable, not just referring to Lagrangian and the algebra. I would suspect it might be possible at least for superconductors. Any ideas?

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