What is a good metaphor for perception......?

Question

Perception is like _____________________________.....

Answer 1

We usually say, "from the eyes of a child, tourist, scientist, etc."
Or we might say, "a bird's eye view, a political view"

Metaphorically, we might say things like "the landscape of faith, a window to my heart, a doorway in my mind, etc."

If you use the adverbs "like or as" it is not technically a metaphor. Grammatically speaking, like and as structures are called similes.

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

Perception is a person's version of events and what they saw and took away from everything.
Perception is like spyware that watches everything but only sends certain information to its source.
Perception can mean a lot of things; whichever one works with what you're looking for is going to be the most helpful, but lots of different answers work.

Answer 3

A radio receiver, where the mind can pick up signals from several sources, but has to be able to focus and filter, decipher, and process the information in order to use it.

Answer 4

Perception is like a screen saver, what you perceive is what you have chosen to see.

Answer 5

an optical illusion. Some people see one thing, some see something else altogether

Answer 6

looking at dog poop on the bottom of your shoes and seeing fertilizer instead.