"My mind was densely fogged, but I understood that I was in an M.R.I. machine. Someone was scanning my brain."

— Gabriel, Trip (b. 1955)


Date
July 16, 2016
Metaphor
"My mind was densely fogged, but I understood that I was in an M.R.I. machine. Someone was scanning my brain."
Metaphor in Context
The earliest moment I recall from the day is lying in an industrial tube with a kind of upturned colander over my face, fighting waves of claustrophobia. My mind was densely fogged, but I understood that I was in an M.R.I. machine. Someone was scanning my brain.
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Trip Gabriel, "The Day That Went Missing," The New York Times (July 16, 2016). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
07/18/2016

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