Random Analogies
a: Photography ~
b: window
What: "This week the Getty Museum in Los Angeles unveils an exhibition based on an exciting insight: that photography, since its beginnings, has depicted the window as a symbol of photographic vision. This is a natural metaphor when you remember that early cameras were, in essence, little rooms with a lens onto the outside world "
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Jun 6 2014 6:18 PM
# 5759 Critique Analogy
a: magma ~
b: DNA of geology
What:
"Scientists prize the rocks returned by the US and USSR missions as relics of the raw materials (the 'primary magma') that built the Moon and Earth. Primary magma is like the DNA of geology, providing the code that enables scientists to decipher the evolution of planets."
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Writer: Mark Horstman
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Date: Sep 8 2014 6:58 PM
# 6251 Critique Analogy
a: refinery ~
b: a big still
What:
"A refinery is like a big still. All of the pots and pans were in good shape,"
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Writer: Pierre Mulacek
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Date: Feb 26 2015 9:23 PM
# 7406 Critique Analogy
a: The library ~
b: public living room
What:
"The library is the public living room, and if ever you are stripped of everything private-money, friends and orientation-you can go there and become a human again. "
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Writer: Amien Essif
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Date: May 25 2015 6:47 PM
# 7698 Critique Analogy
