I changed the tagline of my Google IM client to “Uncubed” yesterday, drawing questions and congratulations. I was a big fan of MTV Unplugged, of the way it promoted or destroyed artists with an apparently simply challenge; drop the electromagnetic hype and prove what you can do au natural; great bands…and I’m thinking about daring candidates like Nirvana…became greater in a way that was fresh with authenticity; they became real.

Despite the obvious contradiction of perspective (“Uncubed” implies that you’ve sacrificed perspective for flatland, no longer capable of filling volume and stuck occupying an area), the expression captures the dual sensation of falling into a cavernous challenge and of explosive energy release from the realization that your life  is no longer confined to a grey fabric box (literally or metaphorically).

So here’s to a life Uncubed!