I haven’t accepted the fact that I’ll never understand
the universe that I saw clearly for the first time
from our roof at nineteen in miniature kensho.
We belonged to each other. Love at first sight,
notwithstanding the child who stared in fear
at the northern lights and noted the milky way’s convulsive
drift. A lone star perched on the mountain’s
saddle now brings tears of doubt.
 

 

 

(nota *)

 

 

Su When-Chi presenta un mondo virtuale che immagina la gravità attraverso la danza

 

 

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Our minds buzz like bees
but not the bees’ minds.
It’s just wings not heart
they say, moving to another flower.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[…] I feel pleasantly old and stupid, deciding
not to worry about who I am but how I spend
my days, until I tear in the weak places
like a thin, worn sheet. Back in my room
I can’t hear the river passing like time,
or the moon emerging from the shadow of earth,
but I can see the water that never repeats itself.
It’s very difficult to look at the World
and into your heart at the same time.
In between, a life has passed.

 
da After Ikkyū
and others poems –
Jim Harrison

 

 

 

 

 
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* Questo video a 360 gradi posiziona lo spettatore nel mezzo di due buchi neri supermassicci circolanti a circa 18,6 milioni di miglia (30 milioni di chilometri) di distanza l’uno dall’altro con un periodo orbitale di 46 minuti. La simulazione mostra come i buchi neri distorcono lo sfondo stellato e catturano la luce, producendo sagome di buchi neri. Una caratteristica distintiva chiamata anello di fotoni che delinea i buchi neri. L’intero sistema avrebbe circa 1 milione di volte la massa del Sole.

** in copertina Onde gravitazionali, ph. NASA