ICONOCLAST, n. A breaker of idols, the worshipers whereof are imperfectly gratified by the performance, and most strenuously protest that he unbuildeth but doth not reedify, that he pulleth down but pileth not up. For the poor things would have other idols in place of those he thwacketh upon the mazzard and dispelleth. But the iconoclast saith: "Ye shall have none at all, for ye need them not; and if the rebuilder fooleth round hereabout, behold I will depress the head of him and sit thereon till he squawk it."
-- Ambrose Bierce

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Machinic & Maginic:

Why are they mining people and continents to the hyper-extent, to the depths seen below? Are they desperate attempts funding building events (with pipelines & parking & prison cements) which I owe, is only to cover a doubtful continuance. A ruse to hide existential incontinence? The fact they've discovered we can no longer indenture (... because there is none) a lucrative future? It's not for a lack of imagination, but its downright banishment and incarceration. Despite the abundance of think tanks and plots, official thinking's subsumed below thoughts. Fortunately, only they are deluded by their prestidigitations; some have even concluded political economy (archaic jurisprudence) is the state of religion – not science after all – a mere mysticism – a means to control. Unfortunately, everyone else still hurts from machinery's magical melancholic curse.

magic. n,

  • power that makes impossible things happen or gives somebody control over the forces of nature.
  • a special, mysterious, or inexplicable quality, talent, or skill, usually performed as entertainment
  • so beautiful or pleasing as to seem supernaturally created [< magus 'big']

    machine. n,

  • a simple device used to overcome resistance at one point by applying force at another point
  • an organized group of people that controls or directs something, especially a political group
  • somebody who is efficient but uncreative
  • a mechanical device used in the theater, especially in classical drama, to create special effects such as the entrance of a supernatural being
  • a character or factor introduced into a work of literature to produce an effect or to resolve the plot [< L. machina, G. mekhos 'means']

    magistrate. n,

  • a minor law officer or member of a local judiciary with extremely limited powers,
  • a justice of the peace who deals with traffic violations
  • the power and authority to administer justice
  • behaving in an overbearing or dictatorial way
  • an expert or scholar (formal or archaic)[< master]
    Machinating Magistrates devise secret, cunning, or complicated plans and schemes to achieve a goal or to cause harm to others.

    imagine. v,

  • to form an image or idea of somebody or something in the mind
  • to see or hear something that is not there, or think something that is not true
  • to suppose or assume something

    imagination. n,

  • ability to visualize: the ability to form images and ideas in the mind,
  • especially of things never seen or experienced directly
  • creative part of mind: the part of the mind where ideas, thoughts, and images are formed
  • resourcefulness: the ability to think of ways of dealing with difficulties or problems
  • creative act: [< imagin-]
    from the dictionary

    – see Darius and the Lions’ Den

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