How many times can something be broken before it can no longer be touched or seen? A clay flower pot strikes the ground and breaks into different-shaped shards.  In gathering up the pieces, inevitably there are some pieces that cannot be found, either because they are hidden from our sight or too small to see. …

To venture into a totally unscientific description… if time is pushed forward, so to speak, by space expanding outward  (accompanied by light, matter and energy), it seems curious that we as humans do tend to, as the Danish philosopher, Kierkegaard put it, understand life backwards*. …