Eunoia

During my readings today, I found two instances of eunoia in sentences. I’ve seen plenty of beautiful thought in my lifetime, but today is the first time I saw the encapsulation of it in that word: and to have seen it twice in seemingly disconnected places no less!

I’ve heard that a word can be made one’s own by using it three times in a sentence. I’ve also heard that as soon as you publish your words, they’re not yours anymore.

What’s the word for growing increasingly anxious? I had to refer to my copy of Kant on The Critique of Judgment to remind myself of the word for the antonym of ridiculous just so I could satisfactorily conclude this without expending the content.

The Swing Bridge

The Swing Bridge

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Brad Frederiksen is a 44 year old Australian-born poet. He began writing poetry while studying Philosophy as a mature-aged university student in 2008 and is currently working on a formula for the volumes of Surprise and Wonder. View all posts by Brad

2 Responses to “Eunoia”

  • nige

    beautiful word brad, tks u. luvverly pic too. and the structure for me evokes the sort of whimsical problem-solving engineering of a 10yr old with a meccano set. eunoia indeed…

  • 47whitebuffalo

    there’s “like”
    and then there’s “Like”
    yet
    neither suffices
    dancing
    shall we swing?
    can the dancer be separated from the dance
    leading
    visual aide for word band-age
    your eunoia
    stimulates beyond normal ranges

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