#Metaphors

Spooky Universal Friend

GrumpyTheology

what if sex is, for some people, a powerful embodied experience that can serve as a metaphor for divine/human encounter, and in fact OFTEN does in the Bible and Christian

Mark Chironna

markchironna

1)As human beings we live in the language of metaphors (we don't simply live in "language" we live in the language of metaphor). We don't simply live in "words". The

Kaleigh Moore

kaleighf

Let's talk about using metaphors in writing (and why it's a good idea + how to do it well.)THREAD. 1. Hemingway said: "A writer's style should be direct and personal,

Devin Moncada

DevinMoncada

Thread:Our metaphors matter. All metaphors highlight some truths & hide others. When we talk of love as a journey (“look how far we’ve come”), we hide other ideas of love.

Travis Chi Wing Lau

travisclau

The "fighting" and "battle" and "beast" metaphors being uncritically used by public health officials, epidemiologists, and political leaders has really been illuminating in terms of our ongoing dependence on military

Paisley Rekdal

PaisleyRekdal

1. In case anyone is wondering, similes use "like" or "as." They suggest comparisons which also admit for difference. Metaphors are a more total connection between literal object and figurative

Rangoli Chandel

Rangoli_A

Imp message for everyone who is watching Ramayana, pls don’t misinterpret the metaphors, when demons fly they simply referring to aviation technology much like what we use these days, when

Anna Lauren Hoffmann

annaeveryday

This is excellent - the closing four paras are especially !https://twitter.com/k_pendergrast/status/1199030191340703745 I do want to contextualize something about Luke and I's paper - a claim from which is (fairly!) cited

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aaronzlewis

Digital calendars are not designed to help us respect people’s time. They're empty by default, which means people are always ‘putting’ time on your calendar, never ‘taking it off.’ It’s

Crys Tom (she/her)

crys_tom

1/ The power to say no: I’ve said this before but need to say it again. But the one thing that helped me most in therapy was the power to

Zero HP Lovecraft 🦅🐍

0x49fa98

Words flow from the world of physical space to the world of mental space. Once you learn this, it is impossible to speak one sentence without seeing the spatial implications

Stephen McGann

StephenMcGann

This piece on the carelessness of crisis metaphor by the ever-admirable @MarinaHyde prompts two reflections - one a book, the other on those elements our country's past that might provide

Eclecticity

twistopherrobin

Speaking of other divides and hardening of the categories: As some of you know (because of my pinned thread and the strange story), I've been spending quite a bit of

Helen McClory

HelenMcClory

Subtweet about writing advice: you really need context of a specific text to give any advice that is meaningful For example, advice on metaphors (or similes). A weird sounding metaphor

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0x49fa98

Everything which distinguishes man from the animals depends upon this ability to volatilize perceptual metaphors in a schema, and thus to dissolve an image into a concept For something is

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adriessene

tbh i know it's known akira has a habit of recycling old character traits/backstory/themes that he couldn't execute the way he envisioned and putting them into new characters and while