Nadine’s Encyclopedia

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80s

They feel like a place.
I am “just a 70s baby, early 80s child …” [ Nightmares on Wax: 70s 80s ].
When voices still told fairy tales on crackling vinyl.

A

Air

The element which opens space to explore (bird’s-eye view).
Shape-shifter.
Pas de deux.

Animal

My heart is made of fur and feathers.

C

Coffee house

Space with flow potential.

Connect

Exploring the edges between myself and other beings.
Drawing lines between the seemingly incompatible.
Feeling something that has not been there before.
Forming an ecosystem.

E

Empathy

Perceiving the reality of another being.
Overcoming one‘s own Status quo.
Speaking, writing, and listening genuinely.
Sometimes, compassion.

G

Genuine

The original.
An appropriate expression.
Compatible with individual reality.
The distinctive shape.

H

Hope

The name that was given to me. Надежда / nadezhda (Russian) → Nadja (diminutive of Nadezhda) → Nadine (French).

L

Language

An instrument everyone can play to reflect and spread their message.
The magic key to our inner and the external world.

Learn

Deconstructing.
Physical experience.

N

Nature

“Nature is a language.” [Coil: Nature Is A Language]

P

Precision

Semantic accuracy.
The essence of something.

Q

Quality

The sister of passion and patience.

R

ř

My favourite sound comes from the Czech language. This tricky and mesmerising letter is included in many words, e.g. “moře” (sea) or “skořice” (cinnamon). Imagine the vibrating noise caused by the wings of a hummingbird (“kolibřík”) merging with the taste and texture of whipped cream.

Reflect

Consulting the broken mirror by rearranging its shards again and again to get the reflection of another face, an expression still unknown to me.
Exploring spaces and gaps that arise between something.
Thinking ahead, rethinking.

S

Silence

An anthropological option we can experiment with.
A natural constant.
A source for language.

Smile

Shy, sad, or happy smiles — I love them all.

Snow

Crystalline fingerprints.
A shimmering blanket muffling the loudness of the world.
The milky froth on a cappuccino.

Strategy

Disassembling and recreating.
Foundation for conscious productivity.

T

Touch

Initiating an impulse.
Listening from the inside to the outside.
Catching snowflakes with my tongue.

W

Words

The cells of my organism.