06-29-2023, 12:48 PM
There is the unintended use of cliche, and there is the deliberate use of it with the purpose of finding something new
In the lines
We are born to die
and love between
the two mysteries.
The first one is of course a cliche, and if it were a stand alone sentence, it would have to be thrown out.
But birth and death are the two great mysteries bookending what is actually the third great mystery (though neurobiologists would dispute that) of love.
There's a contrast between that and the cliched L1, which (at least in theory) subverts the expectation of the reader
Maybe it worked, and maybe it didn't....but the interesting question is - can cliches be used in a way so as to produce a-ha moments?
In the lines
We are born to die
and love between
the two mysteries.
The first one is of course a cliche, and if it were a stand alone sentence, it would have to be thrown out.
But birth and death are the two great mysteries bookending what is actually the third great mystery (though neurobiologists would dispute that) of love.
There's a contrast between that and the cliched L1, which (at least in theory) subverts the expectation of the reader
Maybe it worked, and maybe it didn't....but the interesting question is - can cliches be used in a way so as to produce a-ha moments?