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this morning….as Sun rose,   i became aware of someThing …..uhhhh….well….a once in a lifetime thing.   The word that came for this was

Excruciatingly   _____.

as luck would have it,   i switched over to the phone and  googled the word….excruciating …and was startled to see that it has only negative connotation.    That there is no such use as maybe excruciatingly Beauty Full,  or….excruciatingly Tender….

i wanted to say something about a situation being a singular,  stunningly  excruciatingly TRUE thing    But this thing is not bad,  it is just enormously True and Real.   Excruciatingly True and Real and so so Human.   Piercing your heart with Realness…..  And with Love,  really….

this all stopped me in my tracks and i went on with the day,   carrying these two stones,   the pull of energies between them.

 

 

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14 responses to “language for extreme things”

  1. jude Avatar

    i am glad you took the time to put this into words.

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  2. Liz A Avatar

    “Piercing your heart” sounds like the very definition of how “excruciating” can well be used

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  3. Mo Crow Avatar

    perhaps that exquisitely excruciating point on the fine line between pleasure and pain…

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  4. dee Avatar

    for some reason, this post makes me think about how the french describe orgasm as the little death, “la petite mort.” or maybe it’s the time right after. this, from wikipedia:
    “More widely, it can refer to the spiritual release that comes with orgasm or to a short period of melancholy or transcendence as a result of the expenditure of the ‘life force’”

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  5. dee Avatar

    curious to know more, of course. the “k” key on this desk top keyboard resists imprint, so at first I typed, curious to now. That describes me, really. Curious to now.

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  6. Faith Avatar

    It makes total sense since synonyms to ‘excruciating’ include ‘intense’ and ‘exquisite.’ Also ‘burning’ and ‘piercing,’ which also seem to fit what you are saying.

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar

    it’s Saturday night and i am still with it

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    i really Want this word

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes….someTimes but/and what i want it for right now
    is neither, but something else

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar

    in this case, the
    experience
    of life force

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar

    your k sticks too?????????????????

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar

    synonyms….i need to go to synonyms…yes……

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  13. sparrow karas Avatar
    sparrow karas

    thankyou.

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  14. grace Forrest Avatar

    you know all this….it’s the world you live in

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