In this extended abstract, we present the Diagrammatic Image Schema Language (DISL). DISL is a structured visual language to represent image-schematic relationships in different situations and linguistic expressions. Building on previous visualisation research, as well as how image schemas can be ontologically organised, DISL offers a more systematic representation language for abstract concepts than previously possible. In particular, we discuss some of the underlying motivations and design decisions for DISL and introduce the conceptual primitives that are covered by DISL. Their use is illustrated with the classic example of OBJECT_INTO_CONTAINER.