"After a restless night, I was still mentally fogged in when a doctor stopped by on morning rounds."

— Gabriel, Trip (b. 1955)


Date
July 16, 2016
Metaphor
"After a restless night, I was still mentally fogged in when a doctor stopped by on morning rounds."
Metaphor in Context
After a restless night, I was still mentally fogged in when a doctor stopped by on morning rounds. He was unfazed, which was reassuring in a way. If I was losing my mind, or stuck in some way station of the afterlife, there would be more of a fuss, right?
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Trip Gabriel, "The Day That Went Missing," The New York Times (July 16, 2016). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
07/18/2016

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.