Greetings all and as always may I express my gratitude to Anna, Shilpa, Jo, Louise, Dawn and Neil for reading, sharing and commenting on my latest post. It's always much appreciated and it's nice when people do take the time to wander through my musings.
Yesterday I had a bit of a giggle with this new Facebook app that makes your profile picture a piece of art. It is very good but I thought I I would outdo it with a little stick man profile. It did garner a few laughs and here's a challenge to you. Change your profile to a stick person and let's start a new trend. You never know it might just catch on and never underestimate the power of stick people!
Moving swiftly on, I witnessed the latest episode of the Universe on Amazon and again it explored the theory of dark matter and energy. It is quite astonishing that what we see and perceive is only 4 percent of the universe, the remaining 96 percent is comprised of Dark matter and the effects of dark energy. They are mysterious components which had not been found but their existence does appear to be irrefutable.
What astonished scientists is that they thought the process of the universe expanding had slowed down but conversely the opposite is true. It is expanding at an exponential rate. This means as I see it that there is more space being created which pushes objects such as galaxies, starts ever further apart. Ultimately in trillions of years time, you would look up to the night sky and see just darkness. Of course, our solar system, galaxy would have long disappeared by that eventuality.
It's curious to think how we go about our everyday lives. When you look a bit deeper I see us all as objects orbiting each other to greater and lesser degrees. Look at the constants in our lives such as families, partners, friends, etc and you may see that we continue to circle each other. We all go along in our our pathways and intersect with many others upon that route. There will be collisions along the way and perhaps these could be our meteors, asteroids (eg accidents, major life decisions, etc. Others may pass for fleeting moments, perhaps these could be the comets who sail by and then depart with a flourish.
Each of us is on our own orbit and everyone we meet for however brief is part of this great stellar dance. When you look back at your life, look at how many people you've interacted with and think of how many they've interacted with too. That's just the physical side too. What about those emotions all mixing together out there, those ideas, those aspirations, disappointments, words and so forth all going along in the own orbit generating their own energy from the tiniest interaction to the largest. Truly it is mind blowing.
Well as for me, I continue to go blithely on with my own trajectory to wherever it may lead. This Earth is fascinating but I will not deny that my attention can drift far beyond our solar system and galaxy. The Milky Way is fine but I'm drawn to the higher realm of Andromeda which is truly enchanting and mysterious and way way beyond there too. Just think for a moment of the vast distances involved within our own galaxy and Andromeda and then magnify that by the biggest number you can imagine and you'd still be nowhere close to fathom the depth and magnitude of matter and existence. It is awe inspiring.
I shall set myself a challenge now. I've been having fun with the stick man but I wonder if we can bring him to life in writing. Will I succeed with this poem? I leave that up to you.
Hi there my name's Mr Stick
There's not much to me really
A circle and a few lines
Sums me right up
My face is always the same
Whether I'm sad, full of joy
You can never tell.
Does that make me cold?
For deep down I cry
I laugh too, well, sometimes
That others don't understand
The turbulence within me
They ask "How are you?"
I want to say, "Terrible. I'm plodding along with the same dumb expression. Oh how I wish I could dance, play guitar, kiss, float on rainbow bells and rip this stupid stick person apart and put him back together again to be like everyone else. Who the hell wants to be a stick man?"
Yet I reply: "I'm fine thank you."
I'm smiling right now
Not that you can see
After all, I'm just Mr Stick
Who not many notice
Except when I appear
Not by invitation I add
I'm just well, an occurrence
Figure of fun really.
I think I'll go now
To where it's cool, dark
Will you notice?
No, I don't suppose you will.
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