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) = 1999-12-06

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