A few notes then, on origins.
The pictures heading this page were chosen with careful consideration. The meaning is altogether personal, but I gladly release the history behind the places. Left and right are two parts of the London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel, in London. Interrupting the circle is an image of Meteora, in Greece. I will elaborate more on the details of Meteora in a later post, but simply, it is a group of monasteries built hundreds of years ago upon the pinnacles of great rocks in Northern Greece.
As for the nomenclature of this blog:
Paroxysm[1] -noun [’par-uhk-siz-uhm]
1. any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion
2. pathology. a severe attack or a sudden increase in intensity of a disease, usually recurring periodically.
I have long been fascinated with the word and its implications. I want my words to produce a paroxysm in the heart. I want to indent the self with the strength of ideas. In Latin: verba volant, scripta manet; or: words fly away, the written remains.
I want to remain. I want to encase all things in madness and words. There is a smoldering at the base of my heart searching for something to light that will engulf acres of mind.
At my very core, I am a poet and a purveyor of language. Let us hope that I might stay as true and veritable to that sensibility as my mind will allow.
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[1] "paroxysm." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 17 Jul. 2008.
