Xanadu I had to stretch a little bit to find something that starts with X. Xanadu is a proper noun for a mythical place, but it can serve as a metaphor for opulence or an idyllic place, and that is how I intend it today for our abstraction. It is described as a “stately pleasure-dome”Continue reading “Day Twenty-Eight: Exploring Xanadu”
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Day Twenty-Seven: Words of the Wise
Wisdom By definition, having wisdom is to possess a power, the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; also scholarly knowledge or learning. Many people relate wisdom to age, believing that it is accumulated over time, thus the symbol of the wise old owl. Some relate it to spiritualContinue reading “Day Twenty-Seven: Words of the Wise”
Day Twenty-Six: The Value of Love
Value Value is a concept I find intriguing. Does anything have intrinsic value, or is it only through exchange that value comes into existence? Value has so many definitions, many of which have to do with worth: “relative worth, merit, or importance: monetary or material worth: the worth of something in terms of the amountContinue reading “Day Twenty-Six: The Value of Love”
Day Twenty-Five: The Delightful Excitement of Uncertainty
Uncertainty The fun of exploring abstract nouns is the area of uncertainty. They are not “ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality; not clearly or precisely determined.” They are “vague; indistinct; not perfectly apprehended: subject to change; variable; capricious; unstable: ambiguous; unreliable; undependable (definition of uncertain from dictionary.com).” Uncertainty canContinue reading “Day Twenty-Five: The Delightful Excitement of Uncertainty”
Day Twenty-Three: Everybody Needs a Thrill
Thrill The abstract noun “thrill” makes me think of the Prince song “Pop Life.” The chorus is: Pop lifeEverybody needs a thrillPop lifeWe’ve all got a space to fillPop LifeEverybody can’t be on topLife it ain’t real funkyunless it’s got that pop! So what makes life pop? What does a thrill look like? I thinkContinue reading “Day Twenty-Three: Everybody Needs a Thrill”
Day Twenty-Two: The Secret of My Success
Success If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. I thought this morning’s images would be easy. I received some new lights I ordered yesterday, so I figured anything that came from playing with them would be a success. Like any experiment, the results, whether proving the hypothesis or not, are a success becauseContinue reading “Day Twenty-Two: The Secret of My Success”
Day Twenty-One: With Respect to Respect in Some Respect
Respect When thinking about “respect,” I was so focused on an attitude of deference, admiration, or esteem; regard, that I was surprised to read its definition as: A particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect. To me, this definition connects respect to quality. Relation or reference: inquiries with respectContinue reading “Day Twenty-One: With Respect to Respect in Some Respect”
Day Twenty: Searching for Quality
Quality What essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute belonging to or What will make today’s images high grade; superior; and excellent? What qualities in my images will produce or provide merit: a claim to respect and praise; a claim of worth? And here’s another circular definition: What is quality? As an adjective it meansContinue reading “Day Twenty: Searching for Quality”
Day Nineteen: Trying to be Patient
Patience The bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like; an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay. Patience and perseverance are important when working on large projects and when trying something new, but also during daily interactions, and growth and self-discovery.Continue reading “Day Nineteen: Trying to be Patient”
Day Eighteen: Everybody Has One
Opinion “I’m going to become wild, and eccentric, and full of opinion.” ~Amanda Kendall (Grantchester Episode Six) An opinion is a view or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty; not necessarily based on fact or knowledge; a personal view, attitude, or appraisal. Opinions are made of so many connections: perceptions, histories,Continue reading “Day Eighteen: Everybody Has One”
Experience Writing 