"Fireworks are apparation κατ εξοχην: They appear empirically yet are liberated" (Adorno, Theodor W. Aesthetic Theory. Edited by Gretel Adorno and Rolf Tiedemann. Translated by Robert Hullot-Kentor. London: Continuum, 2004. p. 107.) κατ εξοχην = par excellence (eminently) Featured image by Пероша under a CC-BY-NC license. Adorno terminology: κατ εξοχην was originally published by Martin Paul Eve at Martin Paul Eve on January 11, 2012.