In poetic language, in which the sign as such takes on an autonomous value, this sound symbolism becomes an actual factor and creates a sort of accompaniment to the signified.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Language operates between literal and metaphorical signification.
Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.
Being a literature major, you know, I'm very familiar with the ways symbolism is used in our sort of mythic tales of society, so anyone who is consciously trying to pull that off I think is really interesting and clearly very smart.
Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.
I do love to interpret songs in American Sign Language.
Whenever I write, I write what I find to be the way people are. I never use any symbolism at all, but if you write as true to life as you possibly can, people will see symbolism. They'll all see different symbolism, but they're apt to because you can see it in life.
Symbolism perhaps is a bit in your face, and I've tried my best to control that as best I can as I've grown older and thought that one could approach something with a little more subtlety.
When you have spent an important part of your life playing Let's Pretend, it's often easy to see symbolism where none exists.
When something is written for you or handed to you, sometimes there's a very interesting dance as you discover what it is that's required.
The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without presuming to display them as real or imaginary representations.