Calling on some of the great thinkers for insight into the pursuit of wisdom.
Entries from September 2018
Prevailing Winds and the Distant Shore of Wisdom
September 29th, 2018 Comments Off on Prevailing Winds and the Distant Shore of Wisdom
Tags: Charles Dickens · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Oliver Wendell Holmes · Socrates · Thomas Jefferson · wisdom
Renegade Metaphors in the Sixth Industrial Revolution
September 22nd, 2018 Comments Off on Renegade Metaphors in the Sixth Industrial Revolution
Tracing the history of industrial revolutions and a slightly tongue-in-cheek crystal ball gaze at what lies ahead.
Tags: artificial intelligence · I Robot · Industrial Revolution · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet
When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled – Hungry Perch
September 15th, 2018 Comments Off on When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled – Hungry Perch
Remembering the sweet pleasure of fishing for hungry perch at the mouth of the creek in simpler times.
Tags: fishing · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Perch · T.S. Eliot · The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Random Act of Metaphor: A Stilt-Legged Master of Disguise
September 1st, 2018 Comments Off on Random Act of Metaphor: A Stilt-Legged Master of Disguise
Stopping to appreciate those moments when the brush stores of Mother Nature are the most subtle.
Tags: Katydid · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mother Nature