Tracing the zigzag evolution of the emoji and pondering its impact on my beloved metaphors.
Emojis, Emoticons and the Oxford Dictionary of the Future
December 19th, 2015 Comments Off on Emojis, Emoticons and the Oxford Dictionary of the Future
Tags: emoji · emotifon · face with tears of joy · ideogram · Japan · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Oxford Dictionary · Shigetaka Kurita · smiley
Random Act of Metaphor: Going Off-Line When the Headlines Rewind
October 29th, 2011 Comments Off on Random Act of Metaphor: Going Off-Line When the Headlines Rewind
Realizing that I’ve become too adept at tuning out bad news.
Tags: Africa · Japan · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Turkey
JAPAN REVISITED: Aftermath in the Ring of Fire
May 15th, 2011 Comments Off on JAPAN REVISITED: Aftermath in the Ring of Fire
Why we should not allow ourselves to relegate the Japan earthquake and tsunami to old news. Why life there has been fundamentally altered.
Tags: earthquake · Japan · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · tsunami