Fait-diverson metaphors

Metaphors close gaps in understanding by linking new ideas to what is already known.

Fait-divers on metaphors

The metaphor designer isn’t trying to make something beautiful but to change your view on things.

Fait-divers on metaphors by Susanne Katherina Langer

"a metaphor is apt to be more revealing than a literal statement... In the history of language, in the growth of human understanding, the principle of metaphorical expression plays a vastly greater role than most people realize. For it is the natural instrument of our greatest mental achievement — abstract thinking." (Susanne Katherina Langer)