Metaphors are not propositions. Propositions are metaphors gone bad. A proposition is a metaphor in sheep’s clothing. All attempts to relate truth take both propositional and metaphorical form. We hear the proposition, but we engage with the metaphor. Metaphors keep things moving. They are magnets for relationship. They create community. Metaphors are fungible with “fuzzy edges,” which makes it easier for people to pick them up and share them. Some metaphors don’t use words at all. These are “phatic” images, signals that maintain dialogue but have little or no intrinsic meaning. Stooped
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