heard any metaphores?

I think metaphores are great way to explain how to play an instrument.......here are a few that I've heard that have helped me.

Bowing is like frosting a cake.....smooth, silky, some pressure as needed and decisive...but wouldn't it be great if the cake could help? Instead of placing your bow into your fiddle which is just sitting there under your chin, imagine that your fiddle meets your bow so they can make beautiful music together and you are the one bringing them together.

Passive bowing style using your wrist to pull the bow up and then down again...., imagine your fingers are stuck to the bow with superglue. Then someone just shot your hand up with novacaine and your hand and fingers are numb. Try bowing on an open string this way and watch your hand follow your wrist like a sea creature undulating as it follows your wrist up and down.

The left hand finger action is like being a piano hammer......with machine gun action if you can go really fast...you're finger tips are hanging out relaxed above the strings and then..peew, peew, peew...your fingers push the string to the fingerboard quickly and with intention, and immediately return to their resting position.

Treate each note as though you are having a love affair with it, giving it the attention and time it requires in the present, while you are playing it.

That's all I can think of for now.
Amy