This volume (the first in a series) looks at the notion of absence and the first word to be spoken: the alogos. Largely in response to the work of Andrew Chumbley and Azoetia, the first word is commonly referred to as the announcement of Self: I. And so it is that from absence, form comes into being as we begin finding ways to articulate our knowing. This volume also explores distortions that come from using a language which is not fit for the purposes that the practitioner requires. Underwriting this approach is understandably an alternative rationale, which situates practitioners by proposing that they occupy those spaces which lie between designations. This work endeavours to address the subtle nuances that accompany the proliferation of distorted forms, in the hope that it may act as a gateway for practitioners to breach their fold.