The Metaphor

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

anecdotes, fables, tales, advice, photography, questions, sentiment, and ways to get lost in the forest

I write essays about relationships, thinking, and agency, sometimes with my wife. We live on a windswept island in the Baltic Sea with our two daughters.

A space for those who sense progress has left us lonely and unmoored and who are searching for meaning, stability, and the permanent things.

He is the image of the invisible God. These articles are attempts to discern his image in the world. It's also the title of my novel about high life and low deeds in Sydney: https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Among-Men-Novel/dp/1736739190/

Philosophy of Language, Deep Literature, Psychology, Spirituality

I write about experiences you've felt but don’t know how to describe. Serious half the time.