Michael W

“Language, too, is a natural phenomenon.”
― Jan Zwicky, Wisdom & Metaphor

“To understand a metaphor is to recognize that if one context or conceptual constellation is laid over another, just so, aspects or outlines will spring into focus, a common pattern will be discernible — one that makes a difference to our grasp of the individual constellations or contexts separately.”
― Jan Zwicky, Wisdom & Metaphor

“In illness, we grasp how the self approaches the condition of language.”
― Jan Zwicky, Wisdom & Metaphor