"And the billions of neurons go spinning their tales."
— Lightman, Alan (b. 1948)
Author
Date
August, 22, 2015
Metaphor
"And the billions of neurons go spinning their tales."
Metaphor in Context
If there's a mismatch between what you remember and what you see 10 feet away, which one is real? Chairs. Smells. Brothers. What do you know? How do you prove that the drawer that you opened this morning is the same drawer you closed at night? And the billions of neurons go spinning their tales.
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Alan Lightman, "The Ghost House of My Childhood," The New York Times (August, 22, 2015). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
08/23/2015
