An Etymology of the sublime

'In philosophy and poetics, something is sublime if it is raised (both by the speaker-poet and the reader-thinker) 'up to' or above the lintel' - Brian Charles Clark

'subliminal, sub-lim'in-el, adj, beneath the threshold of consciousness' - Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary



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Footnotes:
The piece was made in response to a fellow-PhD student's research presentation, and the footage of the hand was filmed in my living room, and the stills have been taken from a variety of pre-existing pieces.