Metaphor is not just the detection of patterns; it is the creation of patterns.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another.
Metaphor is embodied in language.
Metaphor matters because it creates expectations.
Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way.
The thing about metaphors is that, if you give them away, you give away the mystery.
Metaphor lives a secret life all around us. We utter about six metaphors a minute.
Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.
Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.
The transparency of a metaphor displays the glint of truth. But if a metaphor is taken for a reality, it then becomes dense and masks the truth it is meant to display.
When I can't talk sense, I talk metaphor.
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