GRGR(15) Immachination - long
David Morris
fqmorris at hotmail.com
Fri Dec 3 12:13:02 CST 1999
>From: Jeremy Osner [snip]-- What is immachination?
>
>It sounds like imagination but where it leads my mind to is the opposite
>pole from imagination -- becoming mechanical, dying.
Main Entry: imag·i·na·tion
Pronunciation: i-"ma-j&-'nA-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin imagination-,
imaginatio, from imaginari
Date: 14th century
1 : the act or power of forming a mental image of something not present to
the senses or never before wholly perceived in reality
2 a : creative ability b : ability to confront and deal with a problem :
RESOURCEFULNESS c : the thinking or active mind : INTEREST <stories that
fired the imagination>
3 a : a creation of the mind; especially : an idealized or poetic creation b
: fanciful or empty assumption
Main Entry: mach·i·na·tion
Pronunciation: "ma-k&-'nA-sh&n, "ma-sh&-
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1 : an act of machinating
2 : a scheming or crafty action or artful design intended to accomplish some
usually evil end <backstage machinations and power plays that have dominated
the film industry -- Peter Bogdanovich>
It would seem to be a hidden evil plan: the conscious process of transfoming
reality into the image if the Machine.
DM
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