I read the story, looked up the definition of defenestration, and then read the story again. Wonderful play on both sides of the imagery created by the word. One of the words I love is enchant. Whether the simple root or enchanting or enchantment or enchanted, I always see an image and feel a tug. My feelings about it are always positive although I know it has a dark side. So much imagination in just one word. I imagine everyone has a word like that. Thanks for sharing one of yours in such a great story.
Thanks Laura. And yes, enchant is another one of those words. What really drew me to defenestration is that someone actually made up a word for throwing someone out a window. And what a cool word! Of course, removing someone from a position of power is also in there, but not nearly as evocative.
I read the story, looked up the definition of defenestration, and then read the story again. Wonderful play on both sides of the imagery created by the word. One of the words I love is enchant. Whether the simple root or enchanting or enchantment or enchanted, I always see an image and feel a tug. My feelings about it are always positive although I know it has a dark side. So much imagination in just one word. I imagine everyone has a word like that. Thanks for sharing one of yours in such a great story.
Thanks Laura. And yes, enchant is another one of those words. What really drew me to defenestration is that someone actually made up a word for throwing someone out a window. And what a cool word! Of course, removing someone from a position of power is also in there, but not nearly as evocative.