Is it possible that the old sitcom “Gilligan’s Island” was actually a roadmap for life? Stick with me here, I had a thought.

The human brain has an affinity for metaphors—a word or phrase that means something other than what it literally denotes. In addition to stimulating higher levels of mental processing, metaphors ...

From the beginning of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the various monsters and evil beings that the Slayer and the Scooby Gang face were metaphors for life's challenges. The early seasons, in particular, ...

David Letterman thinks sport is a "metaphor for life." The 78-year-old talk show host is best known for having fronted The Late Show but was able to fulfil a childhood dream in with his ownership of ...

Set in Montevideo, Uruguay, documentary “The Curve” (“La curva”) follows legendary horse trainer, 74-year-old Jorge Firpo, on the cusp of retirement as its director, Agustín Flores, reckons with the ...

Metaphors are those hidden little zingers that pop up in our conversations, unconsciously and effortlessly, without a nanosecond of thought. One of the most delicious things about language is how ...

Arriving home after a long absence, I found a book inside my front door. I read the sweet note attached and thought it was an anonymous gift. I then saw the second page of the note, along with the ...

Are we the spider or the fly? A new multimedia exhibit at the Wild Hearts Gallery, “Bunny Bowen: Mind the Web,” focuses on that question. Dorothy Bunny Bowen drew inspiration for the exhibit from a ...