Total eclipse
Went out last night to watch the eclipse of the moon, a mildly frustrating trip due to the cloud cover, but eventually saw the sinister red planet view which we’d been waiting for. I suppose the power of the eclipse to produce dread comes from the human-scale speed of the changes and the related feeling that there is a mysterious purpose to them. Something is going on up there. Knowing that it is a harmless astronomical coincidence doesn’t make it any less powerful, nor does the fact of the Apollo landings.
Maybe the Moon’s gravity sweeping through the trawl and string of memory reminds us of something vast which we have forgotten.
Tags: eclipse, Moon, purpose of life