Sympathy Versus Empathy

I’ve tried most of my adult life to understand the concept of “allegory”. I just don’t get it. I struggle now with the concept of “meta.” I ask people constantly if something I just said was meta. Negative. Meta is the new Allegory which was the new Sympathy/Empathy which was the new Simile/Metaphor.  I went to visit a friend who had a recent surgical procedure. Thankfully, all is well. Unfortunately for me, I’m recovering a bit slower than said patient as I fell fast asleep during the visit as evidenced below.  I’m still confused if I was overwhelmed with sympathy or empathy, whether that bear-like blanket was an allegory or if the whole thing was tinged with meta-ness in a metaphorical sense. Fast asleep during a post-op visit.

Author: plutvak

Finally putting those thoughts down that had people scrunching their faces or quietly sneaking away but nonetheless made me laugh. So scrunch, sneak, laugh, enjoy. View all posts by plutvak