The view during a moonless night.
Peace becomes all too familiar. Prosperity quickly becomes the norm, as if it had always been there. They apparently make us complacent. You thought it would last forever, but it doesn’t take much for erosion to set in.
Which line changes first? If we ask the dice: the second line.
This changes from unbroken to broken.
The Fire beneath Earth. The sun has set, the light is out. Are we facing a long night, a long winter? A small shift and the situation turns from Prosperity to Darkening of the Light.
Is this a reference to a return to the Dark Ages? Or is it a hint at the transformative world of the intestines and the microbiome, where no light can penetrate?
Jonas' transformation took place inside a whale. In the bottomless depths of the sea. It is indeed pitch dark there.
Things can change: in the belly of the sea monster, Geppetto and Pinocchio made themselves comfortable and lit a few candles.
Or should we look for the darkness closer to home? Under the doormat, for example, where a dark, largely undiscovered world exists. A last frontier of micro-life. If you have time, read the fascinating book: Never Home Alone, from microbes to millipedes, camel crickets and honeybees, the natural history of where we live by Rob Dunn.
Or is it about the view during meditation and deep introspection?
Could it be a reference to censorship and blacked-out documents?
Be that as it may, nothing lasts forever. One day, the light will return.
To be continued in …
