Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Exploration # 49 Alt. Collect Words You find Interesting

Go out and collect words that you find interesting. This is a study of the mundane so I am sure I will find some interesting relationships. Well, I take that back, words are very interesting but it is the fact that they are words that makes it a little mundane, especially looking through a dictionary. Also I will be timing myself this exploration, which will give me only thirty minutes starting now 7:25 a.m. ...................7:55 a.m. ..................

festoon 
gob
gonad
infuse
in house
man eater
oligarchy
one-way
grumbler
grow up 
brae
blackamoor
black ball
black bass 
black bear 
black belt 
blackberry 
black bird
black box
aqua vitae
annotate
amputate
allowance
acrobatics
acropolis 
acrylic resin
chankah
chap
change
deface
defeat 
gang plow
gargle
hangman
heterodox
meteorology
merry-go-round
petty officer first class 
philosophy
snipe
thermistor
umiak
umpteen
videotape
vignette
whoopee
zoo geography
ziti
weiner

These words may not be particularly interesting to you, but it is interesting how the eye moves along the page. The eye works hand and hand with the brain constantly syphoning through words. The words with interest providing a blazon light around the ink that put it there. Surprise! Now you have 1 millionth of a second to determine if the word is of interest or your brain will move on to the next highlighted area of your life.   




1 comment:

  1. maybe you should take a handfull of these words and compose them into a story where you use each one. in the book collections of nothing, william davies king talks about his collection of words.

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