Masked Metaphor Project Metaphor Description The picture above was taken in the second floor of the Proctor library, inside of the bathroom. It is of a clock sitting on a toilet in a bathroom stall. This can be seen as a metaphor for how much time people spend in the bathroom on a regular basis. This is because a clock is an index of time, and a clock sitting on a toilet. Not only do people regularly have to go to the bathroom to use the toilet, but people also brush their teeth, take showers, and get ready in front of the bathroom mirror. People also use the bathroom to longer now, especially with phones being carried around everywhere, a two minute trip to the bathroom can be changed to five minutes by strolling to Instagram while sitting on the toilet. Half of the time that people spend getting ready in on their phones as well, making the time they spend in the bathroom increase exponentially as their life goes by. A lot of thought is put into bathrooms as well, to some ...
