MENTAL EVENTS

The Mind is a Body (Perception)

IDEAS ARE PERCEPTIONS

1. The Mind is/has an Eye

2. Thinking is Examining

Alternate names: Mental Investigation is Visual Inspection

Let's take a closer look at that proposal.

He puts my ideas under a microscope.

He held it up to scrutiny.

She examined it closely.

He wanted to see all sides of the issue.

3. Understanding is Seeing

3a. Aids to Gaining Awareness are Aids to Vision.

Can you shed more light on this issue? I don't quite see what you are talking about.

He spotlighted the issues that were important.

She finally opened her eyes to what was going on around her.

3b. Not being Aware of Reality is not Seeing Reality.

He still has the illusions of his youth.

He sees only what he wants to see.

He's not seeing things clearly.

The situation was going on under his nose, but he didn't realize it.

3c. Impediments to Awareness are Impediments to Seeing.

I was in the dark for a long time.

My early training had put blinders on me.

I'm just in a fog today, I don't know what is going on.

She walks around blindfolded.

His eyes are closed to everything around him.

3d. Awareness Despite Hindrance is Seeing Despite Visual Hindrance

He saw through her lies.

He could see what was behind my actions.

He has eyes in the back on his head.

4. is Showing

Alternate names: Directing Someone's Attention is Directing Their Vision

See, you just have to look at it this way.

Look out for tricky spots.

Just look at what I'm trying to show you.

4a. Deception is the Purposeful Prevention of Sight:

4b. Through the use of covers:

The Watergate cover-up.

He put up a good front.

He put on an act to hide his true motives.

Every spy needs a good cover.

4c. Through some impairment of vision:

They purposefully left me in the dark regarding that point.

He's deliberately clouding the issue.

They threw up a smoke screen of lies.

They obscured the issue.

She blinded me with claims of innocence.

5. Remembering is Reviewing

6. Creativity is Seeing in a Different Light

Note: This metaphor is neutral between objects and locations,

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