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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of glen e. p. ropella
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 7:36 PM
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Origami metaphor (Level b)
>
> Thus spake Nicholas Thompson ci
No, no! "Life is like a metaphor!"
NO, "Life is a simile"
No, WAIT! "Life is a metaphor, but LIKE a simile"
Or so we "figure".
merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
life is such a scream!
This is how the surrealists probably got started, you know!
- Steve
Metaphors are like painting a gr
Metaphors are like painting a green car red.
Or, like a shoe having it's sole condemned to perdition.
Or, like a musician experiencing rough sax.
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Nicholas Thompson <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Glen said (I think it was glen)
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> "It's just like folding a piece
Thus spake Nicholas Thompson circa 10/08/2008 04:13 PM:
> Glen said (I think it was glen)
>
> "It's just like folding a piece of paper. Someone hands you a piece of
> paper and you fold it into an origami swan. Did you _discover_ the
> swan? Or did you invent the swan?"
>
> And Nick replies ...
Glen said (I think it was glen)
"It's just like folding a piece of paper. Someone hands you a piece of
paper and you fold it into an origami swan. Did you _discover_ the
swan? Or did you invent the swan?"
And Nick replies ...
You all know by now how I feel about metaphors. Nick thinks being
