The human brain has an affinity for metaphors—a word or phrase that means something other than what it literally denotes. In addition to stimulating higher levels of mental processing, metaphors ...

Arriving home after a long absence, I found a book inside my front door. I read the sweet note attached and thought it was an anonymous gift. I then saw the second page of the note, along with the ...

Are we the spider or the fly? A new multimedia exhibit at the Wild Hearts Gallery, “Bunny Bowen: Mind the Web,” focuses on that question. Dorothy Bunny Bowen drew inspiration for the exhibit from a ...

Joy Clarkson peels back the veil of overfamiliarity from commonplace expressions and images. I’m afraid these men would only slow me down,” says a cocksure Benedict Cumberbatch in the role of the ...

Gardening can be considered a metaphor for life. Some gardeners like their gardens and their lives: simple and predictable. They plant things they know will succeed and look good: daffodils, daylilies ...