"Our brains are so scrambled that it's starting to make sense that none of it makes sense."

— Dowd, Maureen (b. January 14, 1952)


Date
May 12, 2018
Metaphor
"Our brains are so scrambled that it's starting to make sense that none of it makes sense."
Metaphor in Context
Our brains are so scrambled that it's starting to make sense that none of it makes sense.

For example, it's dissonant that cybercop Melania strides into the Rose Garden to introduce her "Be Best" plan to help at-risk children at the same time her cyberbully husband unleashes his cruel Be Worst plot to slash the popular children's health benefits program.
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Maureen Dowd, "From Ice Cube to Black Cube" The New York Times (May 12, 2018). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
05/13/2018

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