Jane Hirshfield: 隐喻的艺术 - Jane Hirshfield 

隐喻的艺术 - Jane Hirshfield 

完整课程见：http://ed.ted.com/lessons/jane-hirshfield-the-art-of-the-metaphor
隐喻是如何帮助我们更好的理解世界的？好的隐喻又有什么条件呢？和作家兰斯顿休斯，卡尔·桑德堡一起来探索这些问题吧，他们掌握了将场景和情感带入生活的艺术。



Metaphors let people grasp abstract ideas by linking them to vivid sensory scenes, like describing heavy rain as 'raining cats and dogs.' They bypass logic, appealing directly to imagination and feeling, and can be as precise as a beagle or as evocative as a cricket singing on a drifting branch. Great metaphors, found in poetry and daily speech alike, make intangible concepts feel tangible, opening doors to new ways of understanding. When words become handles, they create worlds beyond literal meaning.