The sensation of pain is invisible (Munday et al., 2020). It is private, shifting, and impossible to pin down. So, how do we communicate something so visceral and elusive? The answer seems to lie in metaphor. According to Conceptual Metaphor…
Unfortunately, legitimately unsettling cartoon horrors seem to be rare. Semiotically abstracted from reality as they are, flat 2D images can in theory create an intellectual conceptualization of something scary. But they frequently cannot evoke the same immediate visceral experience that…
Ballet is one of the most elegant art forms of entertainment since the 1500s, being one of the most graceful and popular genres of dance throughout the centuries. However, its unfortunate association with prostitution is often swept under the rug…
