metaphor? 
metaphor, n. a figure of speech by which a thing is spoken of as being that which it only resembles. -adjs. metaphoric, -al. -adv. metaphor'ically. -n. met'aphorist. -mixed metaphor, an expression in which two or more metaphors are confused [Gr. metaphora-pherein to carry] "We understand experience metaphorically when we use a gestalt from one domain of experience to structure experience in another domain." George Lakoff and Mark Johnson And there are other ways to understand metaphor. metaphor.org.uk is founded on an idea that metaphors are building blocks for how we code experience, the nuts and bolts of how we describe the world around us. Our symbolic language. We use metaphors to describe the world - and by playing with the descriptions, we can change our world. If it sounds at all complicated, it's a lot simpler than it sounds. What's the simplest sound you can imagine? How might it sound a little more like that? language to change our world |