I love a metaphor. Usually when you tell someone you love them it's full of flourishes, flowers and bits from the heart. Gushy, soft musings. Full of metaphor and comparisons.
I was reminded of a metaphor I used to tell my dad how I loved him. I would always say, I love you a whole vacant lot. Why? Because that was the biggest thing I could think of. Today, I still remember the original vacant lot, and it still makes perfect sense. However, I can understand why you might be confused, that's just how my brain works.
Photo by Steve Vance via Flickr.
Imagine all that filled with love. That's the metaphor.
hahaha awesome. this is the jerry evonne told you to talk to about the UH futures program. this post really cracked me up because i'm currently working on a project called LOVELAND where the idea is to take a vacant lot in detroit, create a grid of one million square inches, and then give people in the city and from around the world ownership and creative control inch by inch, for a dollar an inch. "i love you a whole vacant lot" would make a nice phrase to use in there somewhere :)
Posted by: Jerry Paffendorf | July 07, 2009 at 10:02 PM