You want profound?
I’ll give it to you! In spades!
What is profound? Here’s the definition (you know where I got it, of course – a google definition search!):
profound adjective
adjective: profound; comparative adjective: profounder; superlative adjective: profoundest
1.
(of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense.
“profound feelings of disquiet”
….
(of a disease or disability) very severe.
“a case of profound liver failure”
2.
(of a person or statement) having or showing great knowledge or insight.
“a profound philosopher”
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(of a subject or idea) demanding deep study or thought.
“expressing profound truths in simple language”
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3.
archaic
very deep.
“profound crevasses”
noun, literary
noun: profound
1.
the deepest part of something, especially the ocean.
“nor billowy surge disturbs the vast profound”
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Intensity, depth, knowledge. The definition of profound – the intensity and depth of knowledge? Where do we get that? How do we get that? Is there something out there that can teach us the ways of ‘profundity’?
Is it one of the things we can do a search on? No, because to use the knowledge gained and shared by someone else is not your own understanding, and therefore, does not lead to profound.
Is it something we can share by discussing things? No, because even though communication, discussion and sharing is the way to learn and share, it is not something that leads to the depth required.
Is it something we can learn? Yes, through action and research and defining what is and isn’t, and marking the path into the depth of knowledge from the intensity of study.
There it is – in spades! You have to dig it up in yourself; you have to share and discuss and then dig some more! You have to know where to begin and where to end and why these things are sometimes the same place!
Profound? You bet!
And my reason for this? Because I have just finished the final (maybe) touches to the next book. Due out 13 Aug.
The Narrung Sagas, Book I: The Journey of Shadow. Also in paperback (wait until 13/8/16).
What a hell of a ride that was. Edit, edit, edit (x6 – so far, no, 7 – or was it 8?), proofread, proof (x7 – so far), upload and validate and check and validate and update and update and update and validate and finally (maybe) the finished, complete package.
If I don’t get [another] email tomorrow to request ‘modifications’ it will be complete. Over. Fini. And I tell you what – it b__y better be! My profound headache at all this stuff is worthy of the deepest crevasse, the intensity of a sunburst, the knowledge of a whole world (even if it is a world I created). I want it to be over (for a little while; a tiny, little while, that’s all) so I can have a normal life (pretend to) for a coupla days. We’ll see.
Ping from email – zositas! It begins again. And I haven’t updated the book page yet! Oh, no! More work. No, no, no, no . . . . . . . . . .
