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The metaphor appears to have run away with you somewhat.
by throwanem 6y ago
The metaphor appears to have run away with you somewhat.
- rendall 6y agoIt is true. It has run away with us all
- throwanem 6y agoWhat are you actually talking about, though? Veiled and gnomic proclamations can be fun, but sooner or later you have to show your hand.
- rendall 6y agoThe fish represents the lost dreams of our ancestry, if not the fishy ancestors themselves. The man is us, all of us. The hungry family is our hungry family. Or perhaps our hunger for connection to our past. The story as a whole is meaningless, and in being so, represents the randomness and chaos in which we find ourselves. Is the universe beneficent, malevolent, indifferent? We cannot know for sure. We can only stare into the dying eyes that stare at us in turn, from the mirror, and guess.