Monday, December 1, 2014
Unknowing
The idea of the universe being just a large hologram honestly makes me think of the whole world being a spinning holograph on the dash board of Death Star. Just sitting there, incapable of doing anything but floating slowly and indefinitely. The concept of light having its own waves and means of movement also brings SciFi to the table, alternate realities having their own universe that we have no access to. It's rather terrifying to be frank. While Greene brings the string theory to the table, it makes me think about mirrors, and what if they are actually portals to other worlds. It's crazy, i know, but thats just the fun of it. What if mirrors really are a glimpse into something larger than us. What if the only thing keeping us from entering is our reflection. Or what if we're the reflection. Maybe everything actually is linked together. In The Serpents of Paradise, I begin to think of Adam and Eve in the garden, alone. The serpent speaks to them, as the doves speak to the main character. Though in both stories the characters are alone, they have begun to develop a relationship among what they have. In both readings, they have become lost in their surroundings. In Greene's essay, he has lost himself in the mirrors, and the idea of an alternate reality. In Abbey's story, he has become lost in the desert. They have both accepted this concept of bewilderment. They have strayed into the realm of the unknown, literally and figuratively. We know not what lays beyond the boundary of our city, more or less our universe. These massive concepts of being alone in the world, or not being alone in the slightest have become such an immense controversy, we forget that we don't even know if we are alone in this world. Until you have braved your own desert, or questioned your mirror, you don't really understand being lost in reality. We begin to take all we have for granted. When the serpent tempted Eve with the apple, she know not what she had, only what she wanted. This craving we have to know more may just be an itch to know more for now, but what if in the end, it really shows us what's beyond this atmosphere.
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I agree that in both readings the character is lost in their reality. I think the reason they are lost is because they are trying to figure out another reality in their world. Both characters think deeply into another meaning of something. In “Our Universe May be a Giant Hologram” Brian Greene explains how he is thinking the world has a different meaning or reality because he is thinking deeply about it. Greene says, “With its hegemony diminished, universe has given way to other terms that capture the wider canvas on which the totality of reality may be painted.” In bewilderment it talks about getting lost also by saying, “And even if it is associated with childhood, madness, stupidity, and failure, even if it shows not only how to get lost but also how it feels not to return…” both stories have an idea of where they are at but get lost thinking about what else in the world there is.
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