When my client said, "I'm at the end of my rope," he was metaphorically talking about his frustrations. In simple English, when you portray a person, place, thing, or an action as being something else ...

We think of metaphors as the result of creativity. We assume Macbeth said, “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage,” after Shakespeare got his genius ...

Graphic facilitation is a set of techniques designed to share and bring out ideas and cohesion, using a mix of visuals, keywords and expressions. Images play an important role. And these images are ...

No matter if you're in school or well past your days in English class, figures of speech are used every day in our lives. From songs and television shows to conversations and advertisements, we often ...

One of the films opening today at the Magic Lantern is a French-Canadian study in culture clash. I reviewed the film for Spokane Public Radio, and a transcription of that review follows: The best ...

Language is not just a tool for communication; it is a medium for thought, imagination, and understanding. Among its many devices, the metaphor stands out as one of the most powerful. Far from being ...

Here’s a fun video that uses a lot of symbolism and visual metaphors to describe the experience of a first date. The idea is simple but complex at the same time: we’re getting a peek inside the mind ...

In the nine new paintings she completed over the last year for her ARTery Gallery exhibit, Roz Hodgkins said, "The inner directive was visual metaphor." Components were plucked from the dirt as well ...

When my client said, "I'm at the end of my rope," he was metaphorically talking about his frustrations. In simple English, when you portray a person, place, thing, or an action as being something else ...