I think you would really enjoy reading the works of Lakoff &amp; Johnson I mentioned earlier, if you haven&#x27;t already :D<p>&gt; <i>I actually think it&#x27;s much more important to realize what metaphors are exactly because they are derived through language which by default is framing our perspectives and is limited in it&#x27;s ability to express more complex reality. (Hence a picture is worth a thousand words).</i><p>I agree with everything you say - but I would like to give an opposing view to the &quot;derived from language&quot; bit. It&#x27;s very likely to go in the other direction! One thing Lakoff &amp; Johnson discuss - especially in their later work - is how our metaphors originate from our physical senses and our body (look up &quot;embodied cognition&quot; and &quot;conceptual metaphor&quot;). In short, they argue that we derive fundamental metaphors from the embodied experience, and inject what would otherwise be a otherwise purely symbolic language with meaning through a complex web of metaphors.