Perhaps it had no beginning. Perhaps, being spacetime itself, it is neither where nor when. Like the scarlet ribbons of song, it came “I will never know from where.” Yet here I am, awake in this vast improbability for a nanosecond of cosmic time, a mote of life on a fleck of rock afloat in the … [Read more...]
Wyn’s Laws
Law of the arts: The better your work, the smaller your audience. Law of hindsight: No words will awaken the young to the brevity of their journey. First law of belief: When you find the truth, you want to get yourself an outfit. Second law of belief: The greater the ignorance, the greater the … [Read more...]
The Nature of Nostalgia
“The Atlantic Ocean was really somethin’ in those days. Yes, you should have seen the Atlantic Ocean in those days.” ―Burt Lancaster as Lou, an aging ex-underworld figure sitting at a beachfront bar in Atlantic City. After forty years, I rendezvous in a restaurant with a … [Read more...]
Political Half Truth
The current political dilemma lies less in the problems themselves than in the people who appraise them. As with all living organisms, the ills in social systems are complex, interwoven, and multilayered. Just as a psychiatrist might prescribe drugs for one patient and therapy for another, one … [Read more...]