This blog was dragged kicking and screaming from the dark depths of my imagination, as a child of the digital age it was always a certainty that I would create this beast, it was, as always, simply a matter of time.
VisceralPlasma is a place to splurge the contents of an overly active and somewhat twisted mind, to share, with anyone who has a mind to listen, my views, ideas and experiences of the world at large.
The name is an amalgamation of two words, Visceral, which means characterised by intuition, and Plasma, the forth state of matter and also the transparent liquid in which the cells of your body are suspended.
Combined these words form a very powerful concept, this blog is the medium in which my gut feelings and intuitions about life, the universe and everything are suspended. This blog provides a space that allows those things to exist, without it these thoughts would wither and die in seconds.
There are other meanings I could draw from these things, as an MSc Physicist I studied Plasma, the forth state of matter, to a very high standard. I can, and possibly will, talk about electron cascades and dielectric breakdowns, very romantic and poignant concepts when you understand them.
The notion of plasma itself is a very enchanting one, a supercharged or superheated gas that has reached such a highly energised state that it begins to pull itself apart, creating an area of superhot space radiating all manner of energy, light, heat and even noise.
The flame of a candle, ceaselessly shifting in a light breeze, a streaking lightning bolt, electric and immediate, or the gargantuan sun, burning hot and huge in the heavens. All of these are plasma and all are incredibly hard to define spatially.
Next time you look at a flame try to define where the flame stops and the air surrounding it begins, assuming you could look at only one instant in time, a freeze frame if you will, it will still be extremely difficult to define a limit of that plasma.
Visceral also has an absolute meaning, it refers to the viscera, the internal organs, both these words have a scientific meaning then and yet both can also refer to something undefined, the intuitive guesswork that seems to contradict logic, or an area of super charged energy radiating to all who can see.
This then is the real meaning of the blog, my unrefined and energetic thoughts radiating out for all to see.
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