The Oxford Dictionary defines the verb change as 'to make or become different.' Its origin is from the 13th century Middle English and Old French, from the word changier.. or chaunge, meaning to alter, exchange, switch; and further back, from the Latin word cambiare, meaning to barter. A Celtic etymology is also proposed according to the Online Etymology Dictionary. Though many words fall out of use as centuries go by, change is not one of them. According to Thesaurus.com, synonyms include: adjust; alter; diminish; evolve; fluctuate; modify; reduce; reform; resolve; shape shift; transform; turn; vary; accommodate; adapt; alternate; commute; convert; diverge; diversify; merge; metamorphose; moderate; modulate; mutate; naturalize; recondition; redo; regenerate; remake; remodel; renovate; reorganize; replace; revolutionize; substitute; temper; transfigure; translate; transmute; transpose; vacillate; veer; warp; make innovations; make over; restyle; tamper with... But in real life, change can mean so much more. The narrative of a life, which includes changes good and bad, is colorful and complex and uncontrollable. This week's book-of-the-week, The Map of Change, pays homage to change in all its forms.
|the fluidity of change, captured as paint|
The single line of text, The Map of Change, is also the title. The title was letterpress printed on the Pearl press at Paperbuttons Press using 30-point Bookman, italic type.
|students' papers from a recent weekend marbling class...|