Decisions (NPM re-vision 11/12)

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The act of making up your mind about something – the burden of decision was his - he drew his conclusions quickly … The trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose - a man of unusual decisiveness … A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration - a decision unfavourable to the opposition - his conclusion took the evidence into account - satisfied with the panel's determination … The outcome of a game or contest - the team dropped three decisions in a row … (Boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred - had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent".
...conclusion, conclusion, decisiveness, determination, determination, appointment, assignment, call, casting lots, choice, designation, drawing lots, final result, firmness, judgement, judgment, mind, move, naming, option, outcome, pick, predetermination, resoluteness, resolution, resolution, resolve, result, resultant, selection, sortition, split decision, termination.
Cutting off - division - detachment of a part … The act of deciding - act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue - determination, as of a question or doubt - settlement - conclusion – ‘The decision of some dispute.’ -- Atterbury. An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the Supreme Court. The quality of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision.

Decision}, {Determination}, {Resolution}. Usage: Each of these words has two meanings, one implying the act of deciding, determining, or resolving; and the other a habit of mind as to doing. It is in the last sense that the words are here compared. Decision is a cutting short. It implies that several courses of action have been presented to the mind, and that the choice is now finally made. It supposes, therefore, a union of promptitude and energy. Determination is the natural consequence of decision. It is the settling of a thing with a fixed purpose to adhere. Resolution is the necessary result in a mind which is characterized by firmness. It is a spirit which scatters (resolves) all doubt, and is ready to face danger or suffering in carrying out one's determinations. Martin Luther was equally distinguished for his prompt decision, his steadfast determination, and his inflexible resolution.

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Another short experimental associative-voodle by moi and bk. This one featuring several positions, opinions and judgments reached after very thorough considerations while standing on a terrasse in Oslo, Norway - 2008.02.17. Work commissioned by Nils Petter Molvær. Soundscape 'decisions' from the album 're-vison' (NIls Petter Molvær 2008).

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moi & b.k.: video 015 for lomeg-rom.blogspot.com - 2'07''

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Azad's Theme (NPM re-vision 10/12)

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People who are free; "the home of the free and the brave" - unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron" - not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran" - able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice" - without restraint; "cows in India are running loose" - not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" - not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man" - not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane" - not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands" - costing nothing; "complimentary tickets" - make available, as of assets; or free for sale or publication - let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility" - free or remove obstruction from - remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble" - part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" - relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests" - grant freedom to; free from confinement - free from obligations or duties - make available or free for sale or publication - grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam".
…absolve, at large(p), at liberty(p), atrip, autonomous, available, aweigh, clear(p), complimentary, costless, detached, discharge, discharged, disembarrass, disengage, disentangled, dislodge, emancipated, escaped, exempt, extricated, footloose, free of(p), free people, freeborn, freed, free-soil, give up, gratis(p), gratuitous, independent, inexact, justify, liberal, liberate, liberated, loose, loose, loose, on the loose(p), out-of-school, quit(p), release, release, release, released, relinquish, resign, rid, rid(p), self-governing, slaveless, sovereign, spare, unblock, unbound, uncommitted, unconfined, unconstrained, unfixed, unfreeze, unhampered, unimprisoned, unloose, unloosen, unoccupied, unpaid, unrestricted.
...bail, bail out, cashier, cleanse, clear, clear, cut, declassify, deregulate, derequisition, derestrict, dig out, disembody, disembroil, disencumber, disentangle, disentangle, disinfest, disinvolve, dispense, divest, eliminate, excuse, exempt, extricate, forgive, forgive, free, give, hand, issue, issue, let off, loosen up, obviate, parole, pass, pass on, people, reach, relieve, relieve, relieve, remove, rid of, run, sacrifice, set free, smooth, smooth out, spare, supply, supply, take, take away, take over, turn over, unchain, unclog, unrestrained, unspell, unstuff, untangle, wash one's hands, withdraw.

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty. “That which has the power, or not the power, to operate, is that alone which is or is not free.” --Locke.

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Another short experimental associative-voodle by moi and bk featuring seemless and unconstrained bodies at large in Oslo, Norway - 2008.02.17. Work commissioned by Nils Petter Molvær. Soundscape 'azad's theme' from the album 're-vision' (Nils Petter Molvær 2008).

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moi & b.k.: video 012 for lomeg-rom.blogspot.com - 1'19''

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The Visitor (NPM re-vision 9/12)

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One who visits – one who comes or goes to see another, as in civility or friendship – ‘This great flood of visitors.’ – Shakespeare. A superior, or a person lawfully appointed for the purpose, who makes formal visits of inspections to a corporation or an institution – ‘The king is the visitor of all lay corporations.’ – Blackstone. Someone who visits, visitant, caller, company, guest, invitee, traveler, traveller, visiting fireman … To have a visitor in your dream means good news will reach you. It also foretells of new conditions or changes. Seeing a darkly dressed visitor, forewarns of illness or accidents that might befall on you or someone you know.

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A short experimental associative-voodle by moi and bk giving particular attention to a quotidian occurrence and being nevertheless exceedingly habitually attentive to what passes... in Oslo, Norway - 2008.02.17. Work commissioned by the norwegian jazz-musician Nils Petter Molvær. Soundscape 'the visitor' from the album 're-vision' (Nils Petter Molvær 2008).

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moi & b.k.: video 009 for lomeg-rom.blogspot.com - 1'38''

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Visitation (NPM re-vision 4/12)

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An official visit for inspection or supervision – the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations – the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese … Any disaster or catastrophe – a visitation of the plague … An annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event – his mother-in-law’s visits were a great trial for him – life is full of tribulations – a visitation of the plague … Trial, tribulation – and/or – affliction, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, fire, tragedy, visit … The act of visiting, or the state of being visited – access for inspection or examination – ‘Nothing but peace and gentle visitation.’ -- Shakespeare. The act of a superior or superintending officer who, in the discharge of his office, visits a corporation, college, etc., to examine into the manner in which it is conducted, and see that its laws and regulations are duly observed and executed; as, the visitation of a diocese by a bishop … The object of a visit – ‘O flowers, … my early visitation and my last.’ -- J. Milton. The act of a naval commander who visits, or enters on board, a vessel belonging to another nation, for the purpose of ascertaining her character and object, but without claiming or exercising a right of searching the vessel. It is, however, usually coupled with the right of search, visitation being used for the purpose of search. Special dispensation – a communication of divine favour and goodness, or, more usually, of divine wrath and vengeance - retributive calamity - retribution; judgment – ‘What will we do in the day of visitation?’ -- Isaiah. A festival in honor of the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elisabeth, mother of John the Baptist, celebrated on the second of July. The Order of Visitation of Our Lady – a religious community of nuns, founded at Annecy, in Savoy, in 1610, and in 1808 established in the United States – in America these nuns are devoted to the education of girls ...

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Another short experimental associative-voodle by moi & b.k. featuring a powerful visitation occurring every now and then in Oslo, Norway - 2008.02.17. Work commissioned by the norwegian jazz-musician Nils Petter Molvær. Soundscape 'visitation' from the album 're-vision' (Nils Petter Molvær 2008).

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moi & b.k.: video 006 for lomeg-rom.blogspot.com - 02'08''

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Torn (NPM re-vision 1/12)

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Shattered or torn up – to tear him to pieces – to divide by violent measures – torn apart violently as by e.g. wind or lighting or explosive – an old blasted apple tree – a tree rent by lighting – cities torn by bombs – earthquake-torn streets … Having edges that are jugged from injury – disrupted by the pull of contemporary forces – torn between love and hate – torn by conflicting loyalties – torn by religious dissensions … Blasted, damaged, divided, injured, lacerate, lacerated, mangled, rent, ripped …

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A short experimental associative-voodle by moi & b.k. capturing despair of abandoned hope and showing an uneasy student work on Cuba in Oslo, Norway - 2008.02.17. Work commissioned by the norwegian jazz-musician Nils Petter Molvær who also provided the soundscape for this video; 'torn' from the album 're-vision' (2008).

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moi & b.k.: video 001 for lomeg-rom.blogspot.com - 02'58''

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