Sunday Sundries

12/5/2021 A temporal confusion

This morning I got up on the wrong day — Yes — yes — in the past — I claimed to have been born in the wrong century — but this was specific — personal — as if …

becoming distracted by shadows (in this case — embedding Instagram posts on Substack) we refuse to turn around and look at the source

Of course — there are consequences to turning around — becoming displaced in time

The Decadents were obsessed with Salome or Herodias — They saw the drama at the edge of the failing Roman Empire — to embody not only the clash of cultures — but the arrival of cut-up time — temporal decadence

Age-restricted??? How old was Salome? What did she do with his head? History continues off stage — evolving — mutating — as real now as it was then — with John the Baptist creating a strange temporal attractor on the edge of empire — far from the 12 apostles and their imprisoned hours — making time concrete and linear — mythologizing the arrow — rejecting as primitive the loops and filigree — a self-anointed QA team

I know — I know — You’ve seen it before — or you’ll see it now and then — then — That’s the point — time is wild and free — unbound — not subject to our distractions

KK y’all. Enjoy your day. Please pay attention to temporal oddities. Although, we already said that, it will be a while before we hear it.

Much love,

Con/Jur/d, 12/5/2021