|trä|

noun

1 (tra) n. the genesis of, and the experiential force behind: that which compels and defines individual human creativity. The explanation for the creativity of man distinguished from the world of nature.

2 transcends and precedes logic, or inspiration, and is completely free of any social, political, or material need/objective.

3 invisible-force that initiates and gives birth to the reason and is the sole cause of the question why, for any process of pure invention and creativity.

4 may be purely conceptual, and never materialize into a shared, physical, empirical, or scientific reality: see art, art for art’s sake, existential, purpose, reason, happening, occurrence, phenomenon, experiential, before, faith, Aesthetics and enlightenment.

Fragments of tra:

* Tra, may not be rationalized simply, based on individual experiences, psychology, social

construction, the environment, or via existing systems of logic.

* Tra is experiential, and in itself complete.

* Tra combines elements of chance (and/or circumstance), the individual’s: physical, emotional

sensibilities, memories, genetics, subjective reasoning, submissive perception, in direct relation

to time and space.

* Tra on a higher level, may engage individual faith and spirituality that is apart from any

cultural, sociological or philosophical agreements constructed by man.

Notes:

Tra, provides meaning and reason to that which cannot be defined.

Tra, is form that cannot be seen or touched.

Phrases:

Tra is never the result it is the reason and the origin.

I make art for tra sake.

My tra is the why that preceded the what.

Because of tra

ORIGIN from Eric Wong 2007: A word to define creative purpose