Sunday, September 24, 2017

Beauty of hyphen! Transact or trans-act?

Hyphen is pregnant with and incubates the infinite, whether in and with its visibility or invisibility.

So trans-forms the meaning of “transact.” 

“Trans,” in chemical parlance is analogous to “acronymous” situation, with identical groups of atoms placed opposite to each other attached to carbon atoms that are joined by double bonds, in the same molecular plane. “Trans” in simple terms thus comes out as “opposite.” But when I look at “transact,” there is a “trans-action” of thoughts in the mind asking: While transact pertains to conduct, as to how one deals with beings and things, how one deals with one’s own Self and thus with the world at large, does it also beckon to trans-form the act and trans-act, evolving the reactions to responses, as consciously evolving beings?  

Sushmita,
September 24, 2017