Conceptual metaphor

When your conception of the world is limited by your solidarity as a person. Your solidarity skews your perception of the reality that you are perceiving. The fact of reality ties to the fabric of reality, and every minor variable is taken in to account in the equation of the creation of that fabric. A soda, left to fend for itself on a wall. May be a product of ones lack of care for the environment, a casualty in a bigger drama amongst someone’s life, or even a coincidental landing from a storm…

speech is unique. If you look deeply into it, it comes down to human beings just uttering sounds. A sound wave divulges from the mouth and there is a meaning behind it. The meaning can be simple or complex. Every word has a definition, but it’s all conceptual. This utterance of the sound “poo-too-weet” is subtle, but is the theme…

The collection of essays that composed the fifth section in the “Common Reader” – Family Life, and Gender Roles, were exceptionally interesting and incorporated valuable morals that can be applied on a universal level such as childhood, homosexuality, and the importance of family in human development and behavior. Two clear examples that uphold this moral-universalism are ‘Street Scenes’ written by Ann Hood and ‘Once More to the Lake’ by E. B. White – both essays are personal narratives that…

James Ferguson with Global Shadows: Africa in the Neoliberal World Order and John and Jean Comaroff with Ethnicity, Inc. use an African-centered anthropological approach in order to conceptualize politics of “belonging” in the neoliberal global order. Both examine identity politics centered around inclusion and exclusion in light of transforming citizenships and sovereignties, and advocate for a re-assessment of taken-for-granted assumptions utilized by the discipline. Ferguson and the Comaroffs…

Susan Griffin wrote: “He says that women speak with nature. That wind blows in her ears and trees whisper to her” (14). While the sentiment is beautiful, the dichotomous thinking in patriarchal society that sets up binary separations of male/female and culture/nature along with assumption that women are inherently closer to nature informs these lines, and as Griffin says, this “notion is not intended as a compliment” because “the idea … is an argument for the dominion of men” (Griffin 10). This…

In many architectural instances space can represented by nature as well, and not just restricted the interiors and this is how the garden was then understood as a space. Space, being conceptual or literal, is the core foundation in any architecture because it is space that creates setting. In architecture there can be different kinds of space whether it be enclosed or not they can form empty and filled spaces or gaps and holes, which create a void space. The most general idea of architectural…

In “Base and Superstructure”, Karl Marx contemplates the reality of social consciousness and its relationship to individual agency. Marx asserts that is the process of material production that guides the political and intellectual structures of society. He theorizes that society consists of two parts: the base and the superstructure. The base reflects the forces and relationships of production (such as the relationship between employee and employer and the technical division of responsibility…

expansion of Guevara’s proximate environment is prompted, he articulates that a journey cannot be reduced to a mere beginning and end, writing “the journey is a virtual space that finishes when it finishes”, suggesting that it instead exists as a conceptual paradigm enforced to challenge the mind and alter the perspective. Guevara’s metaphorical aphorism and use of andiplosis emphasises his journey as a catalyst for such change, stimulating various internal self-discoveries. This is most…

older sister Fresia who died in a car accident. “Unforgettable” was released 30th of May 2017. Just as there are different genres in books and movies there are also different genres in music videos. There are three main genres; these are narrative, conceptual and performance. However, music videos can be a combination of any or all these. The music video “Unforgettable” by Conor Maynard is performance as the music video consists mainly of the artist performing in the video. However the lyrics…

Feminist artists sought after a different world and wanted to change it with their art. The feminist art movement changed woman stereotypes and influenced cultural outlooks. They combined multiple aspects and various medias such as: video art, conceptual art and body art. Feminist artists also opened doors and created opportunities that did not previously exist to minorities and woman artists. It paved a path for identity art and activist art. Artists like Jenny Saville and Hannah Wilke…