Each reader will find individual aspects of it specifically speak more or less loudly to them. This book is definitely a dive into the reality of the shadows. I am still haunted by it, the lingering images of the lives and works of the artists.

For the most part, this book really fails to do what she was exploring loneliness and aloneness. She tries to be poignant but it comes off as pandering and trying too hard to sound poignant. Any thought-provoking promise is just all in the blurb.

The book quickly reads pretentious and it grows distracting and tiresome. The marketing over-hype on this book/author only makes me think the pr team knew they had a dud. This is the most depressing book i have ever read.

This book is easily read and easily understood.

Metaphors we live by is a 1980 book by george lakoff and mark johnson. Lakoff is a linguist and johnson is a philosopher. They argue that metaphors permeate science, business, politics, and everyday life.

I find myself noticing how i use language, and how often metaphors are used in conversation between my peers. These aren't just metaphors in the rhetorical sense though; the authors examine how common ways of speaking and thinking actually reflect a r...  Read More

Lakoff and johnson argue that our conceptual system is fundamentally metaphorical. My proposal, rather than denying the existence of platonic structure, is built on top of it.

Metaphors such as argument is war provide assumptive underpinnings for much of our actions. The metaphors are fundamentally conceptual. The metaphorical concepts can be extended however, and be deployed in a way of thinking traditionally called figura...  Read More