Things like metaphors...

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: really convince me that life is all relative. : They help me put things in perspective. : It seems that the same themes recur between all ideas and objects...it restores my faith in what I perceive as a superior power. : : ...are probably the best way to explain complex ideas. Wouldn't you agree? : : Examples from a book I've read: : : -Life is a bagel. It's delicious when it is fresh and warm, but often it's just hard.The hole in the middle is a great mystery, and yet it wouldn't be a bagel without it. : : -Life is a maze in which you try to avoid the exit. : : -Life is like a poker game. You deal or are dealt to. It includes skill and luck. You bet, check, bluff, and raise. You learn from those you play with. Sometimes you win with a pair or lose with a full house. But whatever happens, it's best to keep on shuffling. : : : : I have never been good at playing poker, but I keep on shuffling. : : : : : : Exactly, Becky! : : : : And it's also a matter of economy. I frequently use metaphors because certain words will speak volumes (with the added bonus of driving the point home with a lucid illustration). : : : I'm a poet. One thing I have observed about my poetry is that it is fraught with double meanings. I'll never grow tired of it. : : : Also, metaphors, symbols and idioms are very appealing to me as well. They imply that there is more than meets the eye--the relativity of objects to ideas or vice-versa; or objects to objects + ideas to ideas. (*rambling...*) : : : :) : : : Becky

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