Metaphor

Entering the Metaphor Room in the Clean Collection is like entering another universe. Metaphor comes in many forms. The kind of metaphor you'll find exhibited in this room is called ‘autogenic’ — which simply means ‘self-generated’ — the naturally occurring metaphors people use all the time.  Behind those seemingly throw-away phrases lies a rich symbolic world vital to our health and well-being. Sometimes language is explicitly metaphorical: “I don’t know which path to take in my life,” or “Something’s blocking my development,” or “My heart’s beating like a drum.”  Most of the time, however, our use of metaphor is more subtle and unconsciously embedded in our everyday language: “What’s come between us?” or “Business is on the up” or “I feel upset.”