Q: this letter was devised in order to render the letter k obsolete. the first word it spelled was queen. the first word it made obsolete was king. it soon became evident however that q always required a servant u, a letter-in-waiting to compliment it and to listen to its troubles.

question: v; 1. a heroic act. 2. the so-called eternal (philosophical) questions are rifts between a world-view and the world. the fact that over the millennia these questions, these rifts, remain is indication that an essential core of our various world-views has not changed over time and has not been able to heal the rift. 3. every question is a shadow of its answer. 4. the importance and power of questioning resides in its ability to identify areas in which answers are not possible, areas in which persistent negotiation is the most that can be won. 5. the question has always been the same, and it has always been childlike— how do i live?