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How to be precise

     kurdish black tea with rose & cardamom from Murî ( rating: 3.6/5)  not usually a fan of astringent black teas but i liked how deep its sapidity still was, righteously balanced with the floral.                                                        Slicing ginger root yesterday urged me to consider why the verb "gingerly" is derived from the plant. What does it mean exactly to take delicate action upon a subject? The online thesaurus provided "precisely" and "accordingly" as its most equitable synonyms, but I can't help but feel dissatisfied with its supposed parallels. To take action gingerly, yes, entails a certain precaution, but not necessarily a causation for accuracy. It means to move small, to move dearly, to take gentle care with the way you have chosen to perform such action, more so for the sake of feeling ...
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Cornflower Blue

Today in lecture I decided to look down at my prized 50's vintage silk suit. A shy beam of light from the 4 o'clock sun kissed my skirt and produced an iridescent hue of cornflower blue. Cornflower blue. Isn't our nominating system for the specification of colors so interesting? Why is it that I look at a sun's haze and think of amber? Why is a leather cover on a piano bench a burnt sienna? Why is a windowsill cilantro plant a shamrock green? 

It is inevitable for humans to be so pathetically intense and our qualitative observations of the world's hues are no exception. We always need context to understand, a comparison of another physical entity to help with comprehending a marvelous purple or a deep black. Desire is no light thing and our desire to equate linguistic terms with worldly acknowledgement is heavy with intent. 

However, language has its limits, and sometimes I see certain things that feel so undefined, incapable of commodification. I think it's okay to not have a name for things sometimes, to not know how beauty can exist within an object. That's okay. Appreciation is wonderful because it can be felt without identification.





 

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