Looking out from the Kasbah to the hills of the Blue City. Chefchaouen Morocco

What is in a name? And why is this one so strange?

“Anomalous Territories” comes from a poem I wrote a few years ago (see below), and I just can’t seem to get the words out of my head. If you look at the dictionary definitions (from Dictionary dot com) the two words are interesting on their own but when you put them together they create a sense of discovery, mystery or whimsy or perhaps a longing for exploration and the ease of being most comfortable when pushed out side your comfort zone.

Anomalous[uh-nom-uh-luh s]
adjective

1.deviating from or inconsistent with the common order, form, or rule; irregular; abnormal:

Advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe.

2. not fitting into a common or familiar type, classification, or pattern; unusual:

He held an anomalous position in the art world.

3. incongruous or inconsistent.

Territory [ter-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
noun, plural territories.

1. any tract of land; region or district.

2. a field or sphere of action, thought, etc. domain or province of something.

I will travel in straight lines
I will move in circles
I will beach myself on lost coastlines
I will wander these strange continents
and stumble across the lines drawn onto maps I don't understand

I am in awe of these places
These anomalous territories
That I will uncover
That I will discover
That I will proclaim as sovereign land

I don't know where I'm going
I don't know how I'll get there
Yet somehow, I know
I will always end up where I'm supposed to be.