Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Somewhere between astrophysics and the impossible



The numinous is everywhere.

numen
, in ancient Roman religion, divine power, a god; the word is derived from nuğrğ ‘to nod’
(a god is thought to nod to indicate his will).

The thing about gods is that they either speak in nods, or in everyday ordinary language that could easily be interpreted as rather mundane ramblings about, say, the price of cheese.

Perhaps some things are just too dangerous to say; after all we don't want to ruin the simulation by introducing too many outside variables.

How did you get here? How did you find your way through the land of flatness, where things make sense and everything is sketchy? Or did you take a photograph and leave yourself in the memory card? Soon, soon, I hear the hard drive spinning.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

There you go using those Big words again! I can’t quite follow it as you say it, but photographs are Flat! whereas enchantments develop in the 4D moment--to ensure future embodiment I’d take the mirror route, if I were you...
Your friend,
Alice