I’m reading a book about alternative realities all happening in parallel. This quote from Twain popped up. Enjoy but don’t think too hard about it, just enjoy the possibility of many possibilities. 🤩

Nothing exists; all is a dream. God, man, the world, the sun, the moon, the wilderness of stars – a dream, all a dream; they have no existence. Nothing exists save empty space – and you!

Mark Twain

“Please join us in fondly and joyfully remembering his sharp wit, his quiet sense of purposes, and his wise perspective, gained both from looking back at Earth from the vantage of space and gazing across calm waters from the deck of his fishing boat“

This fitting tribute for this peaceful explorer reminded me of the William Blake poem:

To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.

William Blake

“To See a World…” (Fragments from “Auguries of Innocence”

Have you noticed how the same new ideas and inventions emerge simultaneously, even though the creators are strangers and haven’t shared their workings?

• The same movie in Hollywood comes out.
• Medical discoveries from different scientists on different sides of the globe
• Fashion and clothing styles
• New tricks in sports

We see patterns, and we piece them together. There’s synchronicity with strangers.

I think 2020 disrupted that synchronicity with less travel and in-person pollination of ideas. I wonder what is born after the last 12 months of digital calls, lockdowns, and no travel. What ideas has covid impregnated into people’s brains and what we are working on right now that will blow us away in 2022?