noun/adjective. ORIGINARY
‘productive, primary, original. The source of something, that gives rise to, or causes the existence of something else. Native. Creative.’
Where THE NAME ‘ORIGINARY’ CAME FROM…
Founder Nikki Shaill was reading Lucy Neal’s rather marvellous book ‘ Playing for Time’ when she was struck by this powerful passage on the first page. It sparked an idea…
“Rubbing fire-sticks together, a spark seemed to roll from nowhere..until the smouldering smoke burst into flame. It was a thrilling act of appearance: not there, then, suddenly, there. An originary moment of creation both old and new, like watching time peel back thousands of years, to the beginning of the story of humans on Earth - yet also rich in possibilities, like a moment to begin again from.”
Lucy Neal, Playing for Time introduction
The word ‘originary’ was new to Nikki but felt full of potential and recognition. A wonderful name to put to a fresh project starting out again, one that would encompass both creation and innovation, the making of new things and moments, alongside the exploration of heritage and histories both personal and collective. The new company name was born!