The word classical carries a lot of baggage (for example, its reference to
a style), that doesn't fit with a primary focus on processes as discussed
on this list. The problem with the term complementary is that it places
its emphasis elsewhere: complementary to what?
Creating new words most often begin with roots of other words: terms from
the past or in other languages. For example, Richard Sullivan came up
with the name Ziatype from the ancient Southwest Anasazi symbol for the
sun. Nicely done, I think.
A possible replacement to alternative is the word "uvatiarru". This is
used by the Inuit of Baffin Island to refer to both long ago and the
future [Inuit are a first people in Canada's artic region]. Uvatiarru
offers a meaning of cyclical metamorphosis of past to future, a movement
from that which has been to that which is to come.
Maybe a derivation of this word will work, or maybe another term as a
starting point. The important thing is to look for a name that gets to
the core of what animates the work of those on the list. It should be a
term that is expansive so as to include both past and future; it should be
able to include the many relevances and values behind the use and search
for photographic processes.
Classical just doesn't have it. We need to be more playful!
Ron
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