People have recently discussed short words from various perspectives. While I was initially not super-impressed by this idea, this post made me shift towards “yeah, this is useful if done just right”.
Casually reading this post on your blog yesterday was enough for the phrase to automatically latch on to the relevant mental motion (which it turns out I was already using a lot), solidify it, make it quicker and more effective, and make me want to use it more.
It has since then been popping up in my consciousness repeatedly, on at least 5 separate occasions after I have completely forgotten about it. Once, taken to the extreme, it moved me directly into a kinda “fresh seeing” or “being a new homunculus” state of mind, where I was looking at a familiar landscape and having long-unthought thoughts in the style of “why do all these people walk? flying would be more useful. why is everything so slow, big, and empty?”.
To summarize: I think this name hit right in the middle of some concept that already badly “wanted” to materialize in my mind, and also it managed to be more short and catchy than what I would have come up with myself.
People have recently discussed short words from various perspectives. While I was initially not super-impressed by this idea, this post made me shift towards “yeah, this is useful if done just right”.
Casually reading this post on your blog yesterday was enough for the phrase to automatically latch on to the relevant mental motion (which it turns out I was already using a lot), solidify it, make it quicker and more effective, and make me want to use it more.
It has since then been popping up in my consciousness repeatedly, on at least 5 separate occasions after I have completely forgotten about it. Once, taken to the extreme, it moved me directly into a kinda “fresh seeing” or “being a new homunculus” state of mind, where I was looking at a familiar landscape and having long-unthought thoughts in the style of “why do all these people walk? flying would be more useful. why is everything so slow, big, and empty?”.
To summarize: I think this name hit right in the middle of some concept that already badly “wanted” to materialize in my mind, and also it managed to be more short and catchy than what I would have come up with myself.
Good job! Let the HWA be with you!