Metaphor
German: Metapher
Common meaning:
Figurative expression; the use of imagery to convey meaning beyond the literal
Clear meaning:
Structure in motion—not mere comparison, but the deliberate shifting of form so that the unseen can be felt.
Metaphor comes from Greek metapherein—“to carry over.”
Structurally, it is not decoration—
it is a bridge
between what is said
and what cannot be spoken.
A metaphor does not replace—
it opens.
A metaphor is not an image—
it is the space
where meaning is allowed to breathe.
