How to Approach Similes and Metaphors

In workshops there's often some uncomfortable squirming as participants worry about looking pretentious. But of course we're just pissing around and it turns out pissing around often throws up results that sound like daring meaningful art. Do you like any of your images? Did you find yourself making new connections between the metaphor and the concept? Could you use one of these lines as the opening sentence of a ten minute free write sometime? What sort of character would see the thing in that way? Shh, don't tell anyone. It's allowed to be fun. And sometimes the best stuff was the stuff that was the most fun to write. We've a lot more to talk about and I'm