I learned the names of some creative marvels this morning:
- Ted Kooser‘s poetry — specifically “A Map of the World” (here as a thumbnail from a poster on the subway in NYC)
- Reggie Leflore‘s paintings
- the iterations, variations, and subtleties in Hawaiian ‘olelo of:
- mākā (noun): a kind of stone
- māka (noun, verb): mark, marker, blaze, target; to mark
- maka (noun): 1. eye, eye of a needle, face, countenance; presence, sight, view; lens of a camera; 2. beloved one, favorite; person; 3. point, bud, proturberance; center of a flower, including usually both the stamens and pistils; nipple, teat; sharp edge or blade of an instrument; point of a fishhook; beginning, commencement; source; any new plant shoot coming up; (figuratively) descendant; 4. mesh of a net, mesh in plaiting; stitch, in sewing; 5. raw, as fish; uncooked; green, unripe, as fruit; fresh, as distinct from salted provisions; wet, as sand.
Along with being a poet and a planet, becoming a progenitor:
progenitor (noun): 1/ a biologically related ancestor. 2/ a person or thing that first indicates a direction, originates something, or serves as a model; predecessor; precursor.
progenitorial, adjective
progenitorship, noun
washing dishes: a father’s glimpses 
