exclamation: used to give a negative response.
Silence has a sound, and the sound is ‘no.’ Koh, Harold Hongju
November 16, 2010
No
November 15, 2010
Squares
noun: a plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles.
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square hole.” Apple Inc.
November 12, 2010
Palm
noun
• an unbranched evergreen tree with a crown of long feathered or fan-shaped leaves, and typically having old leaf scars forming a regular pattern on the trunk.
• the inner surface of the hand between the wrist and fingers.
“To see the world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wildflower
To hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.”
November 11, 2010
Gaze
verb: look steadily and intently, esp. in admiration, surprise, or thought
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche
November 10, 2010
Triangle
noun: a plane figure with three straight sides and three angles
“Music, love, death. Certainly a triangle of sorts; maybe even an eternal one.” Salman Rushdie
November 9, 2010
Narrow
adjective: (esp. of something that is considerably longer or higher than it is wide) of small width
“A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig.” Irish Proverb
November 8, 2010
Details
noun: an individual feature, fact, or item
“Caress the detail, the divine detail” Vladimir Nabokov
November 5, 2010
Concentric
adjective: of or denoting circles, arcs, or other shapes that share the same center, the larger often completely surrounding the smaller.
“The cities of the world are concentric, isomorphic, synchronic. Only one exists and you are always in the same one. It’s the effect of their permanent revolution, their intense circulation, their instantaneous magnetism.” Jean Baudrillard
November 4, 2010
Animal
noun: a living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli.
“If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.” Mark Twain
November 3, 2010
Branch
noun: a part of a tree that grows out from the trunk or from a bough.
“Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.” Victor Hugo
November 2, 2010
Beach
noun: a pebbly or sandy shore, esp. by the ocean between high- and low-water marks.
“Everything on the beach has a cool story. You just have to wring its little neck to figure it out.” Curt Ebbesmeyer
November 1, 2010
Concert
noun: a musical performance given in public, typically by several performers or of several separate compositions.
“Out of the closets and into the museums, libraries, architectural monuments, concert halls, bookstores, recording studios and film studios of the world. Everything belongs to the inspired and dedicated thief…. Words, colors, light, sounds, stone, wood, bronze belong to the living artist. They belong to anyone who can use them. Loot the Louvre! A bas l’originalité, the sterile and assertive ego that imprisons us as it creates. Vive le sol—pure, shameless, total. We are not responsible. Steal anything in sight.” William S. Burroughs
October 29, 2010
Above
preposition: in extended space over and not touching.
“It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions” William Shakespeare
October 28, 2010
Tint
noun: a shade or variety of color.
“When you are describing A shape, or sound, or tint; Don’t state the matter plainly, But put it in a hint; And learn to look at all things With a sort of mental squint” Lewis Carroll
October 25, 2010
Natural
adjective: existing in or caused by nature; not made or caused by humankind.
“Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them” Mark Twain
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