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
