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Word of the Day

I've seen, and been inspired by, many "photo a day" projects, so I thought I'd try one myself, with my own little grammarian spin: create a photo using a Word of the Day gadget on my Google homepage for guidance and inspiration. And what better day than January 27, my thirtieth birthday, to begin such an undertaking? (Okay, maybe new year's day, but I was too lazy to bother then.) This project is also to help keep me thinking and creating images the way DGrin's Last Photographer Standing contest has challenged me to do--a challenge I've found really enjoyable and creatively stimulating. Wish me luck (and perseverance) in this endeavor!
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    October 22, 2008 (Day 270) Nihilism: the delusional belief that the patient's self, the outside world, or parts of either have ceased to exist or to function Dictionary.com failed to provide a new word for today, so the OED it is! This is, of course, just one definition of many for this word.You think you're all alone in the world, and then you discover your black cat made it through with you. ;) Best Halloween prop ever.My original idea for this word was a good, depressing B&W nude study, but I was not about to cross that line and, unfortunately, have no nude models on speed dial. :)
    October 21, 2008 (Day 269) Synecdoche: figure of speech I've mentioned my penchant for purposefully taking things literally because I find it humorous, yes? My sense of humor is skewed, I know.This was adapted from a photo of my little model figure. The text is a favorite of mine from Boccaccio's Decameron.I wasn't actually satisfied with this truncated definition ("figure of speech" is so broad, after all), so I clicked through to Dictionary.com to see the full one: "a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole or whole for a part or general for the special or vice versa." Clear and simple, right? o_O Thankfully, the first example was something we could all relate to:"Photographers had to resort to visual synecdoche, hoping that a small part of the scene—a wailing child, an emaciated mother, a pile of corpses in a freshly dug trench—would suggest the horrors of the whole." – Paul Gray, Looking at Cataclysms, Time, August 1, 1994
    October 20, 2008 (Day 268) Malfeasance: wrongdoing, misconduct, or misbehavior After being called out (very gently) by Gail for my neglect of this project, I made it a point to take a break from work today and hack this image together. :)This also gives me a chance to share some awesome news: one of my photos has been selected as a finalist in the FotoWeek DC contest and will hang for a week in Georgetown. I won't know for another month if I won anything or not, but the local publicity alone is going to rock. I'm thrilled!