dictionary

WIP (AI) definitions:

• Alabaster: A fine-grained, translucent form of gypsum, typically white, often used for carving and decorative objects.

• Alacrity: Brisk and cheerful readiness; eagerness.

• Albatross: A large seabird known for its ability to fly long distances. In literature and symbolism, it represents a burden or curse, often related to guilt or p

menty-b : a euphemism for a mental breakdown.

coincidentia positorum : (an alchemical term) the union of opposites; you can’t understand anything unless you simultaneously grok what it is and what it isn’t. By a mere shift in perspective, a thing’s opposite comes into focus, and the opposites melt into a new whole. This has many symbolic expressions: the hermaphrodite, soul/luna, mercury/sulfu

At 13 pages per day, I could finish 5 dictionaries by EOY; worth noting: none of these are “dictionaries” in the traditional sense. They’re specialized.

5 pages in Etymology (roots of words), 4 pages in Mythology & Fable (history), 2 pages in scientific theories, 1 page, Literature/Rhetorical forms, 1 page in Archetypes.

I’m not just reading, bu

36 definitions in 75 minutes.

• affray : a noisy quarrel or brawl that disrupts the peace; a scare, a disturbance, the root of “afraid.” An affray is the event that causes someone to become afraid.

• aleatory : an art where some elements are left to chance (John Cage).

• algebra : a sophisticated symbol system that’s layered on top of basic arithmetic. It is the combined operations and

WIP words: affiance, affirmations, afflicted, affront, aficionado, afraid, alienate, alienation effect, all-over painting, allegory, Allen’s rule, allusion, als of, altruism, deconstruction, deep structure, defamiliarization, differance, high dawn / low dawn

Samskara — an “undigested emotion” that affects us through life. This reminds me Grof’s COEX’s. There might be moments of shame, or embarrassment, or cowardice. Why did that happen? What’s the source of that? By following down our negative virtues, you can get to the root, and then invert it into a positive virtue that address the core tension.

Destiny / destination.

concrescence: the act of turning abstract potential into something tangible.