A nice article in today’s Strange Horizons, by Guy Hasson.
Now let’s go further back into the past. You can’t remember this, but back when you were a baby, the universe was redefined every day, every hour, every minute, and, perhaps, every second.
In addition, anything that happened had to do with the entire universe. Anything that threatened you, threatened everything. When your mother left that first time, she left forever. When something was bad, the universe in its entirety was bad and your entire future was bleak. When you felt good, everything was good. Everything! Can you imagine, today, feeling something that big?
When was the last time you felt something so completely? When was the last time you knew that something about you changed the universe? When was the last time you felt the universe change like that?
