The beauty of a metaphor is it doesn't have to be real to ring true. The instant a metaphor becomes true it ceases to be a metaphor, which suggests a disconnect between truth and what's commonly referred to as reality.

Sol Luckman
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The beauty of a metaphor is it doesn't have to be real to ring true. The instant a metaphor becomes true it ceases to be a metaphor, which suggests a disconnect between truth and what's commonly referred to as reality. It is possible to create an image in our minds that is so vivid that it seems real. We can read about someone who is suffering horribly and watching her struggle, and we can feel her pain.

The suffering of someone else can become a reality in our minds, and we can even see the suffering person in front of us, if we allow our imaginations to take over completely. If the suffering person is not actually suffering, then there is no real suffering. In fact, metaphors are always more powerful when they seem to be about something that actually happens.

A metaphor that comes from the imagination may seem more powerful than one that has been given by observation, but it can never really be as powerful as one that comes from experience.

Source: Beginners Luke

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