Comments on Lia Purpura's "Probability" poemTypePad2015-01-19T23:30:27ZBrian Hineshttps://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2015/01/lia-purpuras-probability-poem/comments/atom.xml/Aleko commented on 'Lia Purpura's "Probability" poem'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e201b7c73bb284970b2015-01-21T16:09:25Z2015-01-21T19:30:14ZAlekoThe Moon and Sun have virtually the same angular size in our sky because the Sun is about 400 times...<p>The Moon and Sun have virtually the same angular size in our sky because the Sun is about 400 times wider than the Moon, but it's also about 400 times farther away. They look the same size in the sky...albeit one is easier on the eyes. This seems to some a spectacular coincidence. Yet, is one experienced by all humans. </p>
<p>On a similar note.. it is not uncommon for very young children to believe that the sun (and moon less commonly) are following them around.</p>
<p>We mature yet still, unavoidably, we place ourselves in the center of The Reality Show. We can mature past that absurdity, however, and take ourselves, well, less seriously....</p>june schlebusch commented on 'Lia Purpura's "Probability" poem'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e201bb07debc1e970d2015-01-20T19:52:22Z2015-01-21T00:42:05Zjune schlebuschI enjoyed that Brian, thanks for bringing her to my attention..Read some of her other works I particulary liked Future...<p>I enjoyed that Brian, thanks for bringing her to my attention..Read some of her other works I particulary liked Future Perfect....Where were you befor you were born and where you are when you are not anymore...Might be the same place...Though neither is as slippery as being here, but imagine where youwill have been, that point, where things land, are finished, over and gone, but not Yet...Good poetry makes my day,</p>