by Tim Girvin | Jul 5, 2006 | Diary
apotheosis \uh-pah-thee-OH-sis; ap-uh-THEE-uh-sis\, noun; plural apotheoses \-seez\: 1. Elevation to divine rank or stature; deification. 2. An exalted or glorified example; a model of excellence or perfection of a kind.Following martyrdom at the Alamo and apotheosis...
by Tim Girvin | Jun 26, 2006 | Diary
:exalt Walking by Radio City Music Hall, I once again spied JayZ — I’d met him before in Miami, for a moment — he was my idol, enskied and sacred. Someone who has been enskied has been raised, figuratively, as high as the sky. The “en-”...
by Tim Girvin | Jun 19, 2006 | Diary
transmogrify \trans-MOG-ruh-fy\, transitive verb: To change into a different shape or to transform, often with bizarre or humorous effect. A washing machine transmogrified into a guitar. — Adrian Searle, “Come, friendly pigeons”, The Guardian The...
by Tim Girvin | Jun 14, 2006 | Diary
Good morning. On Bali, several years ago, I went to an evening ceremony of blessings, with a family. At 10.00pm, it had been going all day, moving into the later night, early morning — past midnight. I had this encounter, with a priestess: Above her, there was a...
by Tim Girvin | May 25, 2006 | Diary
(FOR: M: 5.25) I wish, sometimes, that my under standing, seeing from beneath, I could presume that the path could be straight and true — known merely as: it’s that way. Not this. But I find that it wavers, like the shimmering this morning, when all is...
by Tim Girvin | May 18, 2006 | Diary
palimpsest \PAL-imp-sest\, noun: 1. A manuscript, usually of papyrus or parchment, on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible. 2. An object or place whose older layers or aspects are apparent beneath its...
