WHY? II

Why imagine life is other than it is?

I SEE

I SEE

See, what it is it is
And what it’s not it’s not
We think we understand
But then we think again

BILLET-DOUX

BILLET-DOUX

I get the message
But can I interpret it?
Now that’s the question

SUSPENSE

SUSPENSE

Seeing more deeply
Is it a gift or a curse?
The jury’s still out

ONGOING UNCERTAINTY

Uncertainty is a cornerstone of genuine honesty.

CERTAINTY

Paradox’s bastard half-brother.

YES AND NO

The wise live with a certain uncertainty.

I THINK

I THINK

You know
How it is
Of course
You know something

… At 6
… At 16
… At 36
… At 56

And at each point
What you “know”
Is vastly deeper
Than earlier knowings

Yet nothing has changed
It was always there
To been known
But you weren’t yet

REASSURANCES

We don’t know much
But we have a lot of beliefs.

I SEE

I SEE

Here we are
Once we were
Meanwhile
We dither