words* for august

words* for august

*made-up words

justforfun (noun)

the act of doing something that makes room for a little delight, curiosity, whimsy, play, surprise, joy…even when there is no knowing whether anything else will come of it: the act of enjoying is allowed to be the point.

storysprout (noun)

the first sign that an experience may eventually mean more than it does now: a new way of making sense of what is beginning underground

littlemore (noun)

the small amount of possibility still lingering at the edge of things: subtle, but still enough to continue from here.

latergarden (noun)

a place where delayed ideas and hopes continue developing: somewhere good things can take their time growing.

wonderlater (noun)

something not understood yet that may become meaningful with time: a mystery still gathering its story.

newnessspace (noun)

a small, low-pressure place for trying something unfamiliar: somewhere beginners are allowed to begin.

smallshine (noun)

a small but meaningful sign of aliveness: brightness that might not be filling the the whole yet but it still matters

notsosmallshine (noun) 

a brightness that first seems easy to overlook, then keeps reaching farther than expected: subtle, but already becoming part of the whole.

morearound (noun)

the possibility that the current view or perspective is not the whole landscape: other routes, meanings, and good things still nearby.

notyetknowing (noun)

the state of being partway to an answer, an understanding, a sense of things…an actual stage rather than an empty gap: an often liminal, yet real place to be that is allowed to be named even before the pieces come together.

august

august

august

may there be

things

justforfun

and more

more in store

more in store

littlemore

storysprout

latergarden

wonderlater

newnessspace

smallsshine

notsosmallshine

morearound

even through

even through

notyetknowing

notyetknowing

maybe. who knows? maybe.

aftereverythingwhatstrangelylovelythingmightbefutureglimpse (noun)

a brief moment when what strangely lovely could come next feels imaginable:

the curtain moving just enough to reveal that the scene continues.

MHN


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