Important inventions have been inspired by seeing parallels in analogies. For example, the idea of a printing press came from a wine press. The power of analogies has been well documented, as in the book "Shortcut: How Analogies Reveal Connections, Spark Innovation, and Sell Our Greatest Ideas" (Penguin Random House, 2014) by John Pollack. My book __ "International Analogies" __is a collection of art and text mostly from students I have taught in...