SurfaceWaves

Experiments in miscellaneous metaphors based on boundaries:

• Emotions are ripples on the ocean of wisdom.
• Life is a flame on the Earth's crust.
• Beauty is the reflection of joy in the mirror of an object.
• Love is a gossamer thread between minds.
• Liberty is the fence around interference.
• Justice is an echo of caring through the lens of the law.
• Meaning is a shadow cast by truth.

A few of these figures of speech might have some small potential for further development --- but which, and why? How much depends on a felicitous image, a startling juxtaposition, or merely a rhythmic pattern of words? What, if anything, is important about such aphorisms? Are they just bumper stickers, or can they become starting points for serious thought?

• Monday, December 06, 1999 at 06:04:25 (EST) = Datetag19991206

TopicWriting - TopicThinking

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