Finding strength through failure at the end of the universe.
Dec 17 2016
It's a cosmic principle, expansion. In human terms it's gone by various names: Manifest Destiny, lebensraum, and the popular umbrella, imperialism.
Is it possible that the desire of some groups of humans to control ever larger areas of land can be traced all the way back to the beginning of the universe? No, it's not. See what kind of truth the tree of silliness can bear? We've already debunked a notion that, in the desire to acquire greater territory, humans are channeling a cosmic principle.
In a Moment of Truth 14 billion years in the making, Jeff Dorchen considers conflict as something maybe baked into the whole cosmic deal of existence, from the Big Bang onwards - or maybe it's not and we should value all the W.B. Yeatses and flavors of gelato we have on this 1/10ˆ24 of the universe we have to call home.
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Jeff Dorchen
Jeff is a visual artist, songwriter/musician, actor, essayist, fiction writer, poet, playwright and screenwriter. He's been a playwright, songwriter, and performer with Chicago's Theater Oobleck since 1988, a writer and actor with Red Baron Films since 2000, and a contributor to This Is Hell! since 1996. He currently lives in Los Angeles. He writes the Substack, Right Twice A Day.
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