question mark
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a: Question mark ~
b: glass blown exclamation point
What: "Personally, if I had thought of the simile that a question mark is like a glass blown exclamation point, I wouldn't be able to get over the excitement of what I had just thought of. Which is to say, I'm too novice or egotistical a writer to even think of trying to develop a context for it."
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Writer: Not Clear
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Date: Oct 15 2013 7:28 PM
# 4063 Critique Analogy
a: Question mark ~
b: a dagger pointed at the heart of God
What: "How easily we succumb. All of us have served the Prince of Darkness and lived in his realm too long. When we enter the kingdom of God's Son we bring our doubts and suspicions with us. Something painful happens in your life and you ask "why?" and that question mark is like a dagger pointed at the heart of God. How easily we suspect that when some reversal happens in our lives God is against us."
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Writer: Haddon W. Robinson
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Oct 15 2013 7:30 PM
# 4064 Critique Analogy
The Worry Mark
a: Question mark ~
b: little fishing hook
What: "The chain reaction begins with our response to uncertain threats, however, and it's at this point, perhaps, that we can nip it in the bud before "What if?" thinking develops into pathological worry. Otherwise, the "What if?" question mark is like a little fishing hook that keeps our attention snagged."
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Writer: Donald Robertson
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Date: Oct 15 2013 7:34 PM
# 4066 Critique Analogy
And Then It Straightens Up
a: Question mark ~
b: a spiral of energy
What: "Life proceeds as an infinite series of questions that are posed to us and through us. Whether we pose the questions out of our free-thinking mind or whether they appear to be thrust upon us by circumstances, we can each make a case that in our particular atom of awareness, in our particular universe, each of these questions is of great moment. The coiled up question mark is like a spiral of energy that seeks to be released in some kind of "answer.""
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Writer: Doug Mackey
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Date: Oct 15 2013 7:36 PM
# 4067 Critique Analogy
a: Question mark ~
b: a light bulb
What: "The shape of a Question Mark is like a light bulb. Just like a bulb lights up and spreads brightness, similarly asking the right questions can dispel the darkness of ignorance."
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Writer: Krishna Gupta
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Date: Oct 15 2013 7:38 PM
# 4068 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.