The Encyclopedia of Les Idées

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80s

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

A

Affect

Tickle the feet of a sensation.
Trigger an impulse. Cause movement of something deep inside.

Air

Element which opens space to explore (bird’s-eye view).
Shape-shifter.

Animal

My heart is made of fur and feathers.

Anthropology

Back to the roots.
Perspectives on human nature, their cultural development and behaviour.
Reality check.

B

Body

The precious vessel for our language, our voice, our thoughts, our identity, and our actions.

C

Coffee house

The cosiest place to write.

Connect

Feel something that has not been there before.
Merge.
Rediscover.
Relate to somebody or something (people, words, sounds, concepts, meanings).

E

Empathy

Genuine understanding.
The ability to sense the needs and emotions of a living creature.
The underlying fundament for change.

G

Genuine

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

H

Hope

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

L

Language

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

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.

Read

Deconstruct.
Inhale a work of art or thoughts.
Travel in different worlds and minds.
Understand.

Reflect

Consult the broken mirror by rearranging its shards again and again to get the reflection of another face, an expression that is still unknown to me.
Explore spaces and gaps that arise between something.
Think ahead, rethink.

S

Silence

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

Smile

An expression of hope and beauty. Shy, sad or happy smiles — I love them all.

Snow

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

Structure

Disassemble and recreate.

W

Words

The cells of my organism.