Etymology of Kalidioscope

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To define the origin and to understand the meaning of Kalidioscope we have to go back to the beginnings of the Kaleidoscope word, masculine noun, of Greek origin,

A toy consisting of a tube containing mirrors and pieces of coloured glass or paper, whose reflections produce changing patterns when the tube is rotated.

A constantly changing pattern or sequence of elements;

"kaleidoscope" in https://en.oxforddictionaries.com

1. Metaphorical toy, Kaleidoscope of memories.
2. Series of events that happen, changing the life of the subject, in this case, the author of this text, Lídia.

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Kalidioscope is semantically derived from the word Kaleidoscope.

If we replace light, shape, and color from a Kaleidoscope to memories that interact with each other in a similar way as light do, with reflection and refraction.
The observable result would be the representation of the individual as a whole: his mother, father, friends, knowledges, all the little things in life, all good ideas, even his imaginary friends.
Every piece of art created, every emotion ever felt, every heartbeat tinkling over electromagnetic waves. A multidimensional individual, who exists in infinite numbers of places at the same time, that learns and evolves, creating a unique, irreplaceable and unrepeatable frequency that propagates in the cosmos.