Annotations for Nathan of Hades.
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Quote
from Perec’s book La Disparition (1969) (A Void), written entirely without the letter e. After the convoluted plot about an investigation of mysterious murders ends with Perec killing almost all characters, the novel ends with the words of the murderer:
“But an illusion was always lurking in such solutions, an allusion of wisdom, wisdom to which not any of us could truly lay claim, not our protagonists, not our author, and not I…and it was that lack of wisdom, that chronic inability of ours to grasp what was actually going on, that had us talking away, constructing our story, building up its idiotic plot…without at any instant attaining its cardinal point” (Perec 277).
Georges Perec
was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. Perec and Oulipo are undoubtedly a huge inspiration for Danielewski, especially for his novel Only Revolutions, written entirely without using some of the most common English words (in, have, as, they, say, or...).
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Steph Curry
is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the NBA. Many players and analysts have called him the greatest shooter in NBA history
Ashima Shiraishi
(born April 3, 2001 in New York, NY) is an American rock climber. She is known for being one of the strongest young climbers of all time. She started climbing at age six in Central Park and at Manhattan Plaza Health Club.
The New York Times has called her a "bouldering phenom". Outside Magazine has described her as a "young crusher". At age 13 she became the second female, and youngest person, to climb a sport route with a difficulty grade of 9a+ (5.15a) (Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashima_Shiraishi)
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samadhi
a state of meditative consciousness. It is a meditative absorption or trance, attained by the practice of dhyāna.[1] In samādhi the mind becomes still. It is a state of being totally aware of the present moment; a one-pointedness of mind (Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samadhi)
You may be asking, "so, what's it like?" Daido Roshi said, "In absolute samadhi, in complete falling away of body and mind, there is no reflection and no recollection. In a sense, there is no 'experience' because there is a complete merging of subject and object, or a perfect recognition of already existing non-separation. There is no way of describing what is or was going on." (Link - http://buddhism.about.com/od/buddhistmeditation/a/Samadhi.htm)
In "positive samadhi," which is based on the experience of absolute samadhi, we are functioning in the world: walking, gardening, cooking, cleaning, with a mind that is completely present to the experience of life in this moment (Link - https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/42-publications/quest-magazine/1331-shojin-and-samadhi-the-journey-torwad-compassion)
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Nanauyi
Hopi language: nana'uyi - hiding
paayis
paayi-s – three times, thrice
pevesikip
peve’sikip - in nine places, peve’sikip pakwt - ninety
soosok
all
sotsla
branch out
Free the future . . .
Galvadyne's trademark is Own the future (thnx jsimmsphx)
scenegraph
A scene graph is a general data structure commonly used by vector-based graphics editing applications and modern computer games, which arranges the logical and often (but not necessarily) spatial representation of a graphical scene (Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scene_graph)
Koruruta
rotating
Maski
Land of the Dead, the destination of souls when they leave the present world. Doesn't mean Hell or Purgatory. Maski is also described as the hidden soul of the Earth Mother, the Judge of all
Aawilaw
mirror
Quatalpu
darkness
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frustum
portion of a solid (normally a cone or pyramid) that lies between one or two parallel planes cutting it. The term is commonly used in computer graphics to describe the viewing frustum, the three-dimensional region which is visible on the screen. It is formed by a clipped pyramid; in particular, frustum culling is a method of hidden surface determination (Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frustum)
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cheese and rice
Jesus Christ
arabic
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