COINCIDE
–verb (used without object), -cid·ed, -cid·ing.
1. to occupy the same place in space, the same point or period in time, or the same relative position: The centers of concentric circles coincide. Our vacations coincided this year.
2. to correspond exactly, as in nature, character, etc.: His vocation coincides with his avocation.
3. to agree or concur, as in thought or opinion: Their opinions always coincide.
co·ex·ist (kg-zst)
intr.v. co·ex·ist·ed, co·ex·ist·ing, co·ex·ists
1. To exist together, at the same time, or in the same place.
2. To live in peace with another or others despite differences, especially as a matter of policy:
ARTICLE
This article, by
Angela Nyawira Khaminwa, explains the term coexistence and it's different meanings and applications.
Khaminwa, Angela Nyawira. "Coexistence." Beyond Intractability. Eds. Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess. Conflict Research Consortium, University of Colorado, Boulder. Posted: July 2003 <http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/coexistence/>.
QUOTES
"A lady is nothing very specific. One man's lady is another man's woman; sometimes, one man's lady is another man's wife. Definitions overlap but they almost never coincide."
Russel Lynes
"If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle - absolute busyness - then utopia and melancholy will come to coincide: an age without conflict will dawn, perpetually busy - and without consciousness."
Gunther Grass
"The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own."
Alistair Cooke
“When appearance and reality coincide, philosophy and literary criticism find themselves with nothing to say.”
-Mason Cooley
(b. 1927), U.S. aphorist. City Aphorisms, Fourth Selection, New York (1987).
“Idea and experience will never coincide in the center; only through art and action are they united.”
-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
(1749–1832), German poet, dramatist. Letter, January 28, 1816, to Arthur Schopenhauer.
The idea of coexistence or things coinciding interests me in the sense of materials and time periods existing together seamlessly. Although the terms are synonyms, I feel as if their supporting language is slightly different, so I included them both. For the next step in my project, I have been considering layering my etched metals over prints. The etched metal would entail photographs of family members from the past, events that have already happened. Their etched intensity will vary depending on level of separation. The more etch, the more distant the connection is. The idea of my new photographs being seen through the permanent past will hopefully allow a sense of coexistence.
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