Re: Introduction and a few novice questions

In a message dated 2002.03.13 07.32.26 PM, Dirk_Elzinga@BYU.EDU writes:

<SNiP of good ConLanging advice>
>So start small and as you go.
    Yep, remember that simple things have a way of getting complicated on
their own ;) (Or as they say in Chaos Science, simple initial conditions
produce complexity - widely varying & unpredictable responses)

Jonathan Chang  =>  Hanuman Zhang  =>  Xanuman dja:xng  /'hanuma~n  dZa,h"N/

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_LILA_ <from Sanskrit> = "Divine Play"  - the 'joyous exercise of spontaneity
involved in the art of creation' (Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan)
...the play of creation, destruction, and re-creation, the folding and
unfolding of the cosmos...both the delight and enjoyment of this moment, and
the play of [the] God[head] ("the universe is what happens when God wants to
play").

_Spielraum_ <from German> = free scope to experiment with things & ideas; to
toy with ideas; room to play in

    WHIM = 1a. a sudden fancy; a caprice. b. capriciousness. 2. a kind of
windlass for raising ore or water from a mine. [17th century: origin unknown]
    WHIMSY (plural forms: WHIMSIES, WHIMSEYS) = 1. a whim; a capricious
notion or fancy. 2. capricious or quaint humour. [related to WHIM-WHAM
]/Italian _capriccio_, French _boutade_
    WHIM-WHAM = a toy or plaything