Saturday, February 7, 2009

Have you seen that movie, Donnie Darko? One of the characters cites J.R.R. Tolkien's appreciation of the beauty of the phrase 'cellar door,' which is truly a classic example of phonoaesthetics.

I get into this rhythms in my head sometimes, when I just can't stop murmuring certain words, like a chant, that just sound so beautiful. Phrases, too. I find myself speaking them aloud sometimes to comfort myself.

The word of this morning is 'ocelot.'

That is all.

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