we are involved in doing away with incarnate works of art: metaphor and myth have been replaced by the symbolic, or worse, by a concept.
Symbols and concepts are abstractions pointing to the mythic story which presents the metaphor which communicates the wisdom.
The myth and metaphor can be explianed by the rationalism of the left hemisphere in such a way that enlightens; the essential ying & yang style interplay of the two modes of percieving and processing.
Symbols and concepts also point and can be explained in ways similar to myth and metaphor but they lose fidelity of 'meaning' to the degree with which they gain transferability (for lack of a better word).
For example the symbol of the fish is used by Christians. Does it hint that Christ was a fisher of men, and toward the story that metaphor is drawn from , or is it a reminder of the story of the loaves and fishes and the lessons drawn from that story/miracle? It's Increased transferability, due to its more abstracted nature, allows it to point to both whilst diluting its efficacy as a clear communicator of either.
