"My lab coat, weighing on my conscience as it hung in my closet, appeared in my mind as the clothing worn by an alien scientist from an advanced civilization who comes to apologize for abducting and using us as experimental animals."

— Gazda, Paul


Author
Date
April 18, 2015
Metaphor
"My lab coat, weighing on my conscience as it hung in my closet, appeared in my mind as the clothing worn by an alien scientist from an advanced civilization who comes to apologize for abducting and using us as experimental animals."
Metaphor in Context
My lab coat, weighing on my conscience as it hung in my closet, appeared in my mind as the clothing worn by an alien scientist from an advanced civilization who comes to apologize for abducting and using us as experimental animals. A new artwork, called "We Are Sorry," began to take shape in my mind.
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Paul Gazda, "I Was an Animal Experimenter," New York Times (April 18, 2015). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
04/22/2015

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.