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I LOVE metaphors - For Example this one by Eva Cassidy who I just happen to be listening to now as I type with my headphones on - You can tell the sun in his jealous sky. Just beautiful - Fields of Gold.
As Julian Jaynes argues - Mankind advances his language and his understanding by the use & discovery of metaphors.
I HATE metaphors because actually ALL WORDS ARE METAPHORS and - at times I want to see underneath the surface, so to speak. It is the turntable of philosophy that I am trapped in pursuing during my life.
Turns out seeing beneath the surface is extremely hard - if not impossible to do and outwardly is completely unrewarding. Almost complete detachment is required. Which again...is impossible.
And the impossible hardly ever happens.
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~~~ My Love/Hate Relationship With Metaphors ~~~
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Re: ~~~ My Love/Hate Relationship With Metaphors ~~~
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Almost looks as if this guy is symbolically holding-up a metaphor...
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...Or stopping something from coming at him with his breath or hands.
Does blinking sometimes mean a break in thought or thought patterns?
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Almost looks as if this guy is symbolically holding-up a metaphor...
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...Or stopping something from coming at him with his breath or hands.
Does blinking sometimes mean a break in thought or thought patterns?
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