Walking in the Dark
For a few years now I have developed a practise of walking in the dark. What I mean by this is I like to go for walks at night in places that are as dark I can find. Living in a large urban centre like Vancouver means that even when I go for a walk…
Continue readingVoices II
I posted these lyrics a while ago but now I have added a link to a recording of this song. Voices (Lyrics by Keith Shields; Music by Mike Charko; Copyright 2011 SOCAN) It’s 5 am and all is quiet I hear voices in my head One says, “I should seek out comfort” Another, “Give it…
Continue readingListening to the Universe
Today I simply offer another quote from Annie Dillard: Who shushed the stars? There are a thousand million galaxies easily seen in the Palomar reflector; collisions between and among them do, of course, occur. But these collisions are very long and silent slides. Billions of stars sift among each other untouched, too distant even to…
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The “Big Bang” hypothesis of cosmology has become part of our collective psyche and is the most popular explanation for how the universe came to be. If you asked a cross-section of people who it was that first came up with this theory you might get a variety of answers but few would be able…
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I was rereading The Language of God by Francis Collins for a paper on which I am presently working. I came upon a place where he quotes one of my favourite authors, Annie Dillard. She reminds us that we have banished God from the world in which we live. We have found ways to show…
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