Thursday 23 August 2012

Metaphors

Ripples on the Ocean by Vladimir Kush

I find metaphors useful to describe things, explain concepts, evoke feelings, hint at truths which I could not otherwise express. I enjoy using metaphors in language, am always trying to find new and better ones.

The artist of the painting above, Vladimir Kush, uses image methaphors with a similar goal. He says: "Metaphor leaves the mind open to grasp onto the hidden likeness of things and events. And the more distant these things are, the greater the effect. The unexpectedness of the connection and sudden insight, which takes your breath away, is the true measure of the painting's value".