A friend from Toronto is in town and he reminded me that where we come from has a big impact on our perceptions. For some, coming to Europe is an advance towards their future, a victory. For others it is a retreat towards their past. In addition to an advance or a retreat, it can be a moving from a place or a moving towards a place.
Captain Obvious? It seems important to lay these presuppositions down.
The frames through which we perceive our reality are in some sense the only reality we know. Lost in a musum of painting we cannot really see but we imagine what must be there by the nature and texture of their frames.
Choices and consequences as a famous Canadian actor reminds us in his latest film.
Both are daily presences. Especially around now and especially around here.
Poem from 1999 - Eschatol Bridge
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