Showing posts with label language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label language. Show all posts

Thursday, 12 August 2010

Quiescent

"Why was the secretary general quiescent in 2008? Because some UN member states – notably the United States – had openly supported Kosovo’s independence as the only practical solution after years of fruitless negotiations with Serbia. Since reconciliation within the Serbian state was impossible, recognizing secession appeared to be the lesser evil." -What does Kosovo mean for Quebec?

Quiescent:
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin quiescent-, quiescens, present participle of quiescere to become quiet, rest, from quies
Date: 1605

  1. : marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest
  2. : causing no trouble or symptoms 

Quiescent Reflection
Willis Gray Gallery, Decatur Alabama
24"H x 36"W
— qui·es·cent·ly adverb


Within surrounding horror,
there is solitary tranquility
when the quiescent tears freeze hell
acknowledgement in grief, 
peace-less, in pieces, and spent,
we shelter in restless repose
any instant, silence shatters, life initiates
horror indefinite, or annihilated,
endure, deny, or rise
to live

Tuesday, 10 August 2010

Anomalous

"The climate of Hudson Bay is anomalously cold in comparison with other regions at similar latitudes because of the presence of seasonally varying ice cover (Rouse, 1991)." Gagnon and Gough, 2005a

http://antisocialrap.com/blog/?p=16


Anomalous
Function: adjective
Entomology: Late Latin anomalus, from Greek anōmalos, literally, uneven, from a- + homalos even, from homos same

  1. : inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular, unusual
  2. a : of uncertain nature or classification
    • b : marked by incongruity or contradiction : paradoxical
anom·a·lous·ly adverb
anom·a·lous·ness noun



            Of my anomalous nature, there is a contradiction because it is expected that I deviate from the expected. Therefore, if I deviate from the norm, which I believe is beneficial for my character, and if I, as I do, enjoy both of the dichotomous pairs that have been penned against each other in society, such as art and science, sensing and intuition, thinking and feeling, judgement and perception, then I am free to accept the label of anomalous. But if you expect me to be anomalous, as KI perceptions intend, thus classifying me and creating a norm for that classification, then am I no longer anomalous?