As a matter of culture
A thought exercise: What if we reclaimed culture as the soil and humanism as the seed? (Defining culture as: the daily habits, stories, and rituals that hold us and humanism:…
Imaginative
Word: Imaginative Definition: new, original and clever Original Attempt (excerpt): βBeing able to drift off to a different world, universe or time. Be able to see buildings, nature and the…
Pikachu -> Vowel
A long time ago (about 100 years back), there was a Russian mathematician named Andrey Markov (a serious man who loved puzzles more than PokΓ©mon). People back then thought: βIf…
Bewildered
Word: Bewildered Definition: Completely puzzled, confused, or lost in thought. Original Attempt (excerpt): βHow can a person say these things. How can someone that supposed to be a boss β…
NaΓ―ve
Word: NaΓ―ve Definition: Showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment; marked by simple trust. Original Attempt (excerpt): βAn axe canβt be that hard to use or that dangerous? β¦…
50/70/30
(con't from here) Instead of choosing which PokΓ©mon shows up, the grass has its own secret rules: β’If you just saw a Pikachu, the grass says: βNext time, there is…
Lust
Word: Lust Definition: Intense or uncontrolled desire, often sexual but not limited to it. Original Attempt (excerpt): "Desire takes hold of us. Envelops us. Nothing but us and the desire."…
Markov, I Choose You!
[Scene opens in Professor Oakβs lab] (Ash and Pikachu are bouncing in, clearly hyper.) Ash: βProfessor Oak! We just found this weird map of arrows in the tall grass. What…
Cherished
Word: Cherished Definition: To hold dear; to treat with affection, care, or great value. Original Attempt (excerpt): βTo be held and hugged. Told that everything will be okay and that…
Desperate
Word: Desperate Definition: Feeling, showing, or involving a hopeless sense that a situation is impossible to deal with. Original Attempt (excerpt): βNO! I scream out. I tries to stop it.…
Willn’t
Do not - Donβt Cannot - Canβt Are not - Arenβt Would not - Wouldnβt Will not- Wonβtβ¦ but why is not Willnβt ? βWillβ comes from Old English willan…
Innocence
Word: Innocence Definition: Freedom from guilt, moral wrong, or corruption; purity or lack of worldly experience. Original Attempt (excerpt): βIt had felt as if his life was ending and now…