Arlo, SA. You exchanged [SA]
Analogies, like a tree, can be scientifically discovered, painted, and poetically written, but analogies shake off any hardening or literalization. [Arlo] Yes, this happens through a process I have heard called "cultural renewal". Each generation, at eac historical moment, must create/interpret analogies/metaphors appropriate to that "age". While good metaphors can transcend years, none is permanent. [IG Says] The key word there is "can". I see metaphors going one of two ways. They either die, reify in the language, and the analogous content is lost (except to etymologists). Or, they remain alive, dynamic and can be refreshed by poets. (And of course even dead ones can have new unsuspecting metaphors built over them --- like SA's "zoo of metaphors". Ian moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
