Category: Metaphors
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Memory
Memory is the brake to time's onrush. Brakes sometimes fail. Do these metaphors fail too?
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Sensory Metaphors of Vanity
The empty aspect of the world. Or, exchanging an aural metaphor for the visual: this world rings hollow. In tactile terms: it's slippery, flimsy. And it stinks because it's rotten. The food that supplies us has a limited shelf life and so do we. And it leaves a bad taste in our mouths. We speak…