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The Term '86' Means
Energy Transformation!
August 6th is an extremely symbolic day, because "08/06" is a symbol of a very powerful—and often very destructive—metaphor: the term "86."
Now for me, the idea of "86ing" something has to do with transforming the energy, rather than "86ing" something having to do with "Getting Rid Of Something," so to speak; because, in physics, you can only transform energy and matter into different forms—however, you cannot "Get Rid Of It!" Thus, the idea of "86ing" something that you wish to "Get Rid Of"—that is, to transform its present state of energy into a new state of energy—is the perfect way to "Get Rid Of It," thereby "86ing" it!
For example, maybe there is an album that you have listen to thousands of times (because you love that album so much), but you are tired of listening to it the same old way. Therefore, you could "86" the original track order and transform the energy of the album, so to speak, by playing it in reverse track order, or by shuffling the playback of the tracks. Thus, you could transform the energy of the old album's original track order, thereby "86ing" it—which is what "86ing" something means to me!
To illustrate this point, I created playlists on YouTube Music from Linda Ronstadt's albums of standard songs, which she recorded with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra from 1982 to 1986, including the albums "What's New" (1983), "Lush Life" (1984), and "For Sentimental Reasons" (1986), as well as the album "'Round Midnight with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra" (1986), which is a compilation of the aforementioned three albums. And all of the tracks in the playlists are in reverse track order! You see, I have listened to these albums hundreds (if not thousands) of times; and listening to these old albums in reverse order is like hearing them again—for the first time... (Please see the hyperlinks below for the playlists, which I have provided from my "Paul Whiting: Poet, Artist and Philosopher" YouTube Channel.)
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., A Creative Writer)
"I maybe say too much about how life really is!"
My Writing About How Matter, Or Energy, Can Neither Be Created, Nor Destroyed, It Can Only Change Form: Everything in physics is energy conversion! In other words, physics is the inversion of Literally Nothing into opposing fields of energy. That means, Nothing can invert itself into Negative Energy (or, electronics), Positive Energy (or, protons), and Neutral Energy (or, neutrons), all of which is contained within Nothing that has been converted into Suction (or, vacuum). And the reason that Nothing can do all of these wonderful things is because Nothing has Self-Awareness (or, consciousness), which is Literally Light! Thus, that light is what God is—which is what we all are—and that is why it is said that matter, or energy, can neither be created, nor destroyed, it can only change form. –Paul Whiting (written January 26th, 2023 and revised January 27th, 2023)
"What's New" by Linda Ronstadt in reverse track order: This playlist is Linda Ronstadt's album "What's New" with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra in reverse track order.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5ASnKWDRID1ejFbNOS_4AHT0CcmN-_sF
"Lush Life" by Linda Ronstadt in reverse track order: This playlist is Linda Ronstadt's album "Lush Life" with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra in reverse track order.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5ASnKWDRID3Q9KnsDBZF7Zc6ytJGt1dR
"For Sentimental Reasons" by Linda Ronstadt in reverse track order: This playlist is Linda Ronstadt's album "For Sentimental Reasons" with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra in reverse track order.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5ASnKWDRID3Y07pWzmf9FNwScvVLP-SK
"'Round Midnight" by Linda Ronstadt in reverse track order: This playlist is Linda Ronstadt's album "'Round Midnight with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra" in reverse track order.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5ASnKWDRID1fPjea9SaUIJ9lUeW5wpOi
My Writing Notes:
The reason that I wrote this prose can be summed up with the following statement: The idea of "86ing" something has to do with transforming the energy, rather than "86ing" something having to do with "Getting Rid Of Something," so to speak; because, in physics, you can only transform energy and matter into different forms—however, you cannot "Get Rid Of It!"
And this prose was also published on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the blog), since I feel that the message in this prose applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Poet, Artist and Philosopher."
This prose was written in Portland, Oregon.
-Paulee
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com
"86 (term)" from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia—which is funded primarily through donations from millions of individuals around the world, including this blogger (I make a totally affordable monthly donation):
"'86','86e', '86'd', or eighty-sixed when used as a verb in American English, is a slang term for getting rid of something, ejecting someone, or refusing service."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_(term)
This "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" Post No. 312 was edited on December 7th, 2023.
"Prose is using all of the words that are necessary in order to describe all that is necessary to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]
