Jan
17
Defenestration
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Because defenestration is the act of throwing something out a window. I love that our language is so specific, as to have a single word for this action. Defenestration to me, describes an exalted arc — the brilliant momentum of something being pitched, outward through such a subversive opening. Who throws things out windows? Defenestrators - that’s who. So subversive an opening that the Defenestration of Prague is alleged to be what set off the Thirty Years War.
Michelle Bosley
Spokane
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