Michal's mulling over the feasibility of enhancing his insignificant Fiction Corpus with a history of digital art; cites fatigue
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I can't challenge the soundness of using English as everybody's second language. I don't trust in the customary model by which the English tongue is taught.
Reenforcing a person's skillfulness with a language isn't like promoting a stronger fishing reel. A language - a common tongue - isn't merely an instrument that you can teach yourself to utilize with greater amounts of precision. A shared language cannot be disassociated from the shared logic of a group of people of which it is a description. A language isn't recited; it happens - and keeps happening as long as a circle of people keeps using it.
To make people recite English is to rob them of its cultural context. A worthy educator has to prepare a plan for introducing it; the bravest student goes out to seek it.
A dictionary - properly used - can become an influential tool. The best dictionaries define words on the basis of a specific corpus, a body of written language of varying size and consistency. This corpus can contain everything from a book about literature to some very fictional stories. I suffered many a sleepless night creating my "hefty" Fiction Corpus in order to form a distinct kind of dictionary based on the ability of one man to tell a story in many different forms. It is a labor of love and listening.
I have molded a million words and I have catalogued them, reshaping them - not simply to teach a language but to describe the human soul, and to pressure that spirit or soul not just to recite but to happen.
Author's Note: I have been enjoined from sharing the details of my true romance adventure until such time that the other party is prepared to present her perspective on the affair arrangement...
My plane touched down in Poland on June 20th. A month later I was in Austria. Two days later, Slovenia. The next day, Croatia. A week later, Italy. The next day, Switzerland. The next day, France. The next day, Germany. The next day, Belgium. The next day, Holland. All with a woman I had met my first weekend on the Continent.
I knew naturism was popular in many parts of Europe and as an artist who had worked on body acceptance for his entire career I was keen on documenting some small part of it. Lo and behold, I found a very important part of it hiding in Poland. Her name was Margo.
I was from America, land of the free...home of the brave. She carried the weight of Old Europe...domestic and religious poverties...stifled creativity. Anger. Sadness. Yearning.
Do unto others as you would have done unto you. But how to judge what we would want done to us if we've never been in somebody else's shoes? If we've never been abandoned by our mother, how do we treat somebody who has? Somebody who seems to constantly suffer the repurcussions of it? Margo and I had 46 days and 6,000 miles to try on each other's shoes. We had one car and one tent in which to hear each other's words. We learned to cooperate. We started learning how to listen.
6,000 miles across Europe with a complete stranger
During our trip across Europe, Margo very bravely opened up to me and to the camera. It was a difficult thing to do considering the scars that she carries. I wanted to share with the world her often joyful, often sad, often angry but always liberating experience except that the Internet is full of pictures of naked women and men and full of trolls who abuse them.
I realized that what I really need to point out is not the openness that Margo and I cultivated between ourselves, but the darkness that continues to surround us. When I censor nudity, I do so in a way that does not compromise the integrity of the human body. In censoring the photographs that Margo and I took during our trip, I was quick to notice that in those pictures where Margo was at her most open, at her most unguarded and most relaxed, in a word, when she was herself and basking in the sun I was forced to blacken her completely.
Why does our society drive people into darkness? Why can we not accept ourselves as we are? Why can we not accept our bodies? Have we truly become eunuchs? Or are we capable of defying the sickness that pits us against each other? Together we could conquer the devils that abuse us.
Whether you enjoy being nude or not, whether you've been photographed nude or not, but especially if, for you, like for Margo, it's something you never thought you would do, consider submitting your own photograph to be published in a censored manner as a form of protest against the ubiquitous presence of the human body on the internet, naked or not, that is published and duplicated ad infinitum without context and without regard for the identity or the needs of the individual being depicted.
Michal's Dictionary: Understanding the word Choice
A word can represent many things. First and foremost it represents a type of gesture. A specific way of speaking. A specific way of inscribing a mark. A specific way of moving your hand. To know one of these kinds of gestures is to know how to pronounce the word choice in some kind of way.
If you want to communicate an idea using the word choice, you will need to know what other people are made to think when you make the gesture. You will never have complete awareness of or control over the associations or identities that are invoked by a set of words, but you can know what was and what is a single word's jointly accepted definition, at least for a given place, thereby tracing a direction which will help you to understand what kinds of associations and identities are driving its use.
By using the word yourself, you enter into a long-standing albeit oftentimes unconscious debate over its definition, forever entangling yourself into the history of its use. The way you use it, and which other words you use it with carries weight.
The more you know about where the word choice is located in the fabric of a language, the better you will be at exploiting its cultural power.
Pronunciation of Choice
In pronouncing the word choice, remember that you have a voice and you shouldn't rejoice simply because your chauffeur drives a Rolls Royce while you read James Joyce. Remember that children's toys ends with a voiced s like zebra in "the choicest meat comes from the zebra's ass."
Video of me pronouncing "choice."
Definition of Choice
I have yet to publish the definition of choice.
I'm sure it won't take too long.
Common use of choice in illustrative example sentences
I have yet to come up with a fourth sentence using the word choice.
Audio of me saying the sentence:
I have yet to come up with a fifth sentence using the word choice.
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I have yet to come up with a sixth sentence using the word choice.
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I have yet to come up with a seventh sentence using the word choice.
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Usage of Choice in Michal's Fiction Corpus
Michal's Fiction Corpus of Acceptance Literature (FiCAL) is presented under the Bare Bottom imprint. It is currently comprised of six bodies of work, each representing a different pillar of culture and incorporating a wide variety of writhing styles.
I have yet to make a morphological analysis of the word choice.
That doesn't mean it's not high on my list.
Table of Frequency for the Word "Choice."
This table lists in descending order the total number of times that the word choiceand any of its morphological derivations appears in the Fiction Corpus, along with a breakdown of frequency by title, the respective rank of each word in the complete list of all words in the Corpus, as calculated both densely and competitively, as well as the percent increase in frequency of the word over the frequency of the next lowest rank in the complete list.
Percent Increase over next rank
RANK
WORD
Frequency
TOTAL # of occurences
MCDONALDS
JESUS
SEX
TSIGA
JACKSON
DINGBATS
dense
competitive
modern/sloppy
biblical/terse
poetic/high-brow
hard/fast
talky
mixed salad
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I have yet to publish the table of frequency for the word choice, but I will get to it shortly. -Michal
A story bible for a comic book series set in a post climate-change California narrated by eight characters who live through a natural disaster that sinks Los Angeles and triggers a war with an expansionist Mexican government covertly supported by China.
Frame #2066
im told theres a notary public around the corner. how convenient. its like i have no other choice but to sell out my sister.
An experimental science fiction Christology that makes Jesus the hard boiled narrator of his own early years on a bizarro earth made dark by volcanic ash and informally ruled by a man from Mars who sells bottled air.
The choice was obvious only for the central government; nobody liked being dependent on central power, but rich politicians didn't really appreciate the threat posed by an unreliable central power-generating network: a power failure meant freezing to death for those who didn't have windmills or solar cells. If your life, and the life of your family, depended on it, no man was willing to place his trust in central power: that was ridiculous.
In the end, it was always the Jews. No matter how well-off a person was, no matter how educated they seemed to be, it was always the Jews: even if they happened to be German-loving deputies in Parliament. Whom else were they going to blame? God? Or 'the ones who killed Him?' The choice was obvious, not just for old farmers, but for any God-fearing Catholic who didn't understand his own religion.
A literature book narrated by a pair of siblings on either side of the Atlantic whose profoundly weird sexual experiences pose a serious challenge to their traditional understanding of mathematicians, marriage, gay young men and God.
As for the future between me and Indiana, I will keep you informed. I have no idea what will become of us.
If there is to be a future, I will stay here and make my presence felt. If not, I will return home as soon as possible.
So, in the meantime, dear sister, keep yourself beautiful, and as free from sin as possible.
Yours in Christ, Church, et cetera,
Andrea Stewart
– Title 3, Regarding a Dream, Chapter 7, The Seventh Day, Part 1, Strength & Security Sector Reform, Section 2, Facing a Choice, Paragraphs 25-29
But what makes their relationship exclusive? Why do I feel so much attraction for Indiana? Why do I feel so much devotion? Why do I show her so much attention, so much loyalty and concern? Why do I feel so much affection? Why do I feel so much admiration? And why, when she returns my feelings, must I hesitate in front of her?
– Title 3, Regarding a Dream, Chapter 7, The Seventh Day, Part 1, Strength & Security Sector Reform, Section 2, Facing a Choice, Paragraph 18
Now, according to this analysis, the Greatest Commandment would have us give to God as much enthusiastic devotion, as much unselfish loyalty, and as much attention as we could possibly find within ourselves.
– Title 3, Regarding a Dream, Chapter 7, The Seventh Day, Part 1, Strength & Security Sector Reform, Section 2, Facing a Choice, Paragraph 6
My dear sister, I think that this must be the basis for the second commandment.
– Title 3, Regarding a Dream, Chapter 7, The Seventh Day, Part 1, Strength & Security Sector Reform, Section 2, Facing a Choice, Paragraph 13
I know that I should always try to do what's best for me. And I know that I need a healthy self-esteem, et cetera. Therefore, I should always respect other people and keep their own interests in mind. But I've never been satisfied by that sort of thinking. It always left me philosophically uncertain.
– Title 3, Regarding a Dream, Chapter 7, The Seventh Day, Part 1, Strength & Security Sector Reform, Section 2, Facing a Choice, Paragraph 2
A collection of stories featuring a sexy Parisian ghost, a spooky Moon base full of vagina-faced aliens, a policeman with an Irish name, a truck full of watermelons, a flautist, and a man who has to see another man about a diseased horse.
"We have to go," she cried. She leapt towards the door. Neal jumped after her. "That woman is in danger," she yelled. "We led the killer right to her." Tatum tore through the cars. She reached the end. She jumped into the tunnel. Neal had no choice. He followed.
Bo closed her eyes. Those men were gone. The joy, the anguish, the hope and the sorrow they inspired had followed her through the cold dimensions of space. She had once thought she had no choice but to cling to them. Now she could sense them fading away.
Kwon arrived with happy news. Do was delivered of a baby boy. "Congratulations," said Bo. She smiled. There were now twelve again.
"Give me the straight sword." Magog drew it from her belt. She held it out by the blade. Gog grabbed it. He pulled himself up. He thrust the straight sword into the skin above his head. "Stay here," he said.
Magog laughed dryly. "I don't have much of a choice."
"The first ones didn't have a choice. Our government forced experimental surgery on them. It's one of the reasons there's so much distrust. At least it made them fight for their rights. Manga People enjoy huge responsibilities now. They don't just work on the power grid, they manage it. The near side relies on them for power. Why do you think we're in the dark instead of them? The Manga People are afraid to let humans suffer. They'd be risking intervention. The truth is they could hold the near side for ransom."
A real play. With drama in it. Talk fast. It takes two hours. Set in a guest house. In a small community. After a murder. Lots of suspicion. The characters learn to listen to each other. It's funny.
(MS. JACKSON and LESBIAN exit. FLETCHER enters with a towel and massage oil, followed by ALICE)
FLETCHER: Sweet almond: not a bad choice: generic but effective.
ALICE: I'm not the fancy type.
FLETCHER: Yarrow is definitely good for inflammation.
ALICE: You're just bitter I didn't pick the ylang-ylang.
FLETCHER: I am bitter - not surprised. You don't need an aphrodisiac.
ALICE: Are you that good?
FLETCHER: I meant for my sake.
– ACT I, lines 546-552
FLETCHER: There was a girl who tried to kill me. She came after me with an axe. It reminded me of Susannah's story.
ALICE: What made you want to write a play about it?
FLETCHER: Mull.
ALICE: I'm sorry?
FLETCHER: Isn't that what you Australians like to call it?
ALICE: I guess.
FLETCHER: It's the modern artist's drug of choice.
ALICE: Even here on Norfolk?
FLETCHER: There was a time when every other artistically-inclined tourist I met asked me about it.
A story book full of short fiction stories. An interesting bedtime mystery. A fairy tale. Science fiction romance. Adult life. Uninspiring gay fiction. Horror.
"She went too far. Khrushchev was a fan of national communism. He wasn't an imperialist by choice. He wanted to be a farmer. His first wife died in a famine. He sent people to Siberia to develop millions of acres. He tried to build specialized farming towns. He wasn't focused on politics. Hungary could have done things quietly behind his back. He never would have found out."
"Not by itself," said Orbitz. "It has the maturity of a small child. It will always be like that. The princess was infected with a parasite during the pregnancy. It fused with her child's nervous system. From the belly up it looks like a little girl. Below it has the thorax, the legs, and the abdomen of a large spider. In the abdomen is a poison gland that can be removed surgically. Until then it must be cauterized daily. Its reproductive system cannot be removed. It produces parasites that infect pregnant humanoids. When it sees you onboard it will insist that you be infected." Sara Lee's chest heaved with apprehsion. Orbitz restrained her. "It will sense the child within you," he said. "If you go aboard the ship I am going to let it infect you, Sara Lee." Orbitz's voice almost broke. "I'm sorry for that," he said. "I've paid the price. I want you to know that our son will survive. He will be a beautiful baby boy. He will grow up to love his mother very much. I can't tell you how this is how going to happen. It would betray me to the creature. You have to trust me." Orbitz turned Sara Lee around to face him. "You don't have to go onboard the ship, beloved. You have a choice."
Jesus turned water into wine. That probably pissed people off, you know. People who make the wine. The people who tax the people who make the wine. Those are the people we've been fighting our entire lives. Why should I be ashamed of it. You know, I don't make people abuse drugs or smoke cigarettes. And why I should I stop them. What gives me the right to make that choice. It's their fault.
The next year was the same thing. Sir Lewis was still in high school. Still the only member of the math club. Still put on the same community college team for the Olympiad. The Asian girl was back. It was infuriating. Even the proctor was wearing the same tight skirt.
Sir Lewis sucked it up. This would be his last year of humiliation. He was already accepted into his first choice for college. He had the scholarship. Pretty soon he was going to be a star.
This table lists in descending order of frequency a selection of word pairs that appear in the Fiction Corpus and groups them according to the morphological derivation of the word choice that appears in the pair.
Type
WORD
Frequency
TOTAL # of occurences
MCDONALDS
JESUS
SEX
TSIGA
JACKSON
DINGBATS
modern/sloppy
biblical/terse
poetic/high-brow
hard/fast
talky
mixed salad
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
I have yet to perform a collocation analysis of "choice." I hope I can get it done sometime soon. -Michal
To promote democracy, the strong must empty themselves of their strength. The weak must be granted the opportunity to grow strong. We cannot force the end of patriarchy. To do so simply perpetuates feudalism under a different name.
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