Word of the Day, Wednesday April 22nd

Autochthonous,
- adjective
1. of or pertaining to ideas that arise independently of the individual's own train of thought and seem instead to have some alien or external agency as their source.
2. aboriginal, indigenous

I like this word. You can use it in many different ways, in relation to anthropology, geology, psychology, and of course, my favorite: a summation of the creative process - the sensation that in moments of inspiration, the words are not yours. And you are a living conduit through which an unknown power finally expresses itself. Cool word.