During Sunday’s call, when Jack was presenting the perspective that perhaps it is the span of a particular interest that defines a moment for us, I found myself thinking that there has to be another factor operating.\u00c2\u00a0 It seems that the idea of a moment is a corrolary of a prior belief in linear time.\u00c2\u00a0 Without such a sequence, how could we mark out movement along that sequence?\u00c2\u00a0 Surely changes in interest don’t have to denote shifts in location along a timeline.\u00c2\u00a0 They could be experienced like changes in the wind, without disturbing our sense of being continuously present.\u00c2\u00a0 Like\u00c2\u00a0waves passing under our boat,\u00c2\u00a0our gaze looking out over the great expanse of ocean, we could feel the waves and still be in the presence of the ocean.\u00c2\u00a0 Concentrating on\u00c2\u00a0moments is perhaps like obsessing over waves.\u00c2\u00a0 They say that the best way to avoid sea sickness is to gaze out over the sea.\u00c2\u00a0 Then our legs grow steady and the rocking deck beneath is is no more accosting that the rhythms of our own walking.\u00c2\u00a0 The motions of our journey don’t have to turn time into\u00c2\u00a0a series of potholes or security checkpoints. –Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
During Sunday’s call, when Jack was presenting the perspective that perhaps it is the span of a particular interest that defines a moment for us, I found myself thinking that there has to be another factor operating.\u00c2\u00a0 It seems that … Continue reading