The Thirtieth Day of Impatient Patience

This month each day’s study of contradictory abstract nouns has been synonyms of my personal Big Five contradictory abstract nouns. These last five days are the Big Five. Today I’m out to capture the patience in impatience and the impatience in patience. I reviewed its synonyms on the fifth: endurance and shortness; the tenth: hastinessContinue reading “The Thirtieth Day of Impatient Patience”

The Twenty-ninth Day of Worthless Value

This month each day’s study of contradictory abstract nouns has been synonyms of my personal Big Five contradictory abstract nouns. These last five days are the Big Five. Today I’m out to capture the value in worthlessness and the worthlessness in value. I reviewed its synonyms on the fourth: significance and insignificance; the ninth: appraisalContinue reading “The Twenty-ninth Day of Worthless Value”

The Twenty-eighth Day of Creative Actuality

This month each day’s study of contradictory abstract nouns has been synonyms of my personal Big Five contradictory abstract nouns. These last five days are the Big Five. Today I’m out to capture the creativity in actuality and the actuality in creativity. I reviewed its synonyms on the third: artistry and incapacity; the eighth: imaginationContinue reading “The Twenty-eighth Day of Creative Actuality”

The Twenty-seventh Day of Determination in Reluctance

This month each day’s study of contradictory abstract nouns has been synonyms of my personal Big Five contradictory abstract nouns. These last five days are the Big Five. Today I’m out to capture the determination in reluctance and the reluctance in determination. I reviewed its synonyms on the second: perseverance and indolence; the seventh: resolveContinue reading “The Twenty-seventh Day of Determination in Reluctance”

The Twenty-sixth Day of Doubt in Certainty

This month each day’s study of contradictory abstract nouns has been synonyms of my personal Big Five contradictory abstract nouns. These last five days are the Big Five. Today I’m out to capture certainty in doubt and doubt in certainty. I reviewed its synonyms on the first: inevitability and ambiguity; the sixth: conviction and disbelief;Continue reading “The Twenty-sixth Day of Doubt in Certainty”

The Twenty-fifth Day of Sufferance in Irritability

Today I’m out to capture sufferance in irritability and irritability in sufferance. I continued to explore my new foil “windows.” I colored four clear plastic filters, two with jagged lines and two with spots to represent Irritability then I tried four different foil shapes. I liked the results with the jagged lines better than theContinue reading “The Twenty-fifth Day of Sufferance in Irritability”

The Twenty-fourth Day of Repulsion in Desirability

Today I’m out to capture repulsion in desirability and desirability in repulsion. Desirability is complicated: it includes worth, wanting, pleasure, excellence, and arousal. And what has desirability to one person may fill another with repulsion. My morning started out with going outside to try my new “window” discovery with the outside lights a desirability, butContinue reading “The Twenty-fourth Day of Repulsion in Desirability”

The Twenty-third Day of Fact in Originality

Today I’m out to capture fact in originality and originality in fact. Thinking of the cool effect I got with the iridescent plastic disc, I wondered what would happen with a small piece of aluminum foil on the colored clear plastic filters. I thought it would maybe black out the shape of the aluminum foilContinue reading “The Twenty-third Day of Fact in Originality”

The Twenty-second Day of Stubbornness in Irresolution

Today I’m out to capture the stubbornness in irresolution and irresolution in stubbornness: Determination not to change one’s attitude of uncertainty and hesitation and uncertainty about determination not to change one’s attitude or position on something. I think I can capture that in the mirrorworld with the denial filters I made yesterday. 2023 November PADContinue reading “The Twenty-second Day of Stubbornness in Irresolution”

The Twenty-first Day of Credence in Denial

Today I’m trying to find the credence in denial and the denial in credence. Credence being the acceptance of something as true and denial that it is false. Denial made me think of the word no, of stop signs, a circle with a line through it; things being X-ed out. So I cut all ofContinue reading “The Twenty-first Day of Credence in Denial”