More Vocabulary

PILGRIMAGE/ACTION/WORD/GRACE= A sequence intended to provide a vocabulary for life shared with comrades both visible and invisible. VACATION/MOTION/NOISE/LUCK= A sequence that describes a forlorn struggle against an indifferent cosmos, an absurd collision of doomed possibilities.

List # 1

PILGRIMAGE= An outward journey mirrored by an interior one; a journey undertaken toward a sacred destination where, it transpires, you already are.

ACTION= Human behavior that is conscious, chosen, un-coerced, and done in the expectation of being held accountable.

WORD= A symbolic utterance meant to communicate meaning and establish connections.

GRACE= A “benign synchronicity;” a pattern of blessed coincidences that, however unpromising the circumstances, emerges among the apparent randomness of events.

List # 2

VACATION= a recreational escape from normal obligations and tasks.

MOTION= any response to a stimulus, i.e. a “twitch.”

NOISE= Vibrations affecting the eardrum.

LUCK= Random events that affect our lives, for good and for ill.