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as the crow flies

the universe was not built in straight lines ~ only humans cut corners By David Kavanagh

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Sand Blown

Date: 2/28/2024 8:51:00 AM

...'ah, zee crows and zee ravens'....very intelligent creatures....zee universe be 'knot'....just, mathematical constants we between which we dream.....stan

David Kavanagh
Date: 2/28/2024 3:31:00 PM

The universe is certainly not intelligent, especially if it needs living beings life us to give it meaning, which is as much as I can assume on the face of it, cheers David

Robert Schatz

Date: 1/29/2024 8:24:00 AM

Nothing in nature is Euclidean.

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/29/2024 8:43:00 AM

It’s a strange one Robert, I agree with you, but then I think of math, and like most Euclidean geometry, cannot decide for certain, whether it was discovered or invented by us, which in turn begs the question did the universe embed it in nature?cheers David

Lin Lane

Date: 1/29/2024 7:19:00 AM

Contours, curves and corners. Gotta know when to take them, gotta know when we should say, 'No.' We're a lazy society but cutting corners can backfire and then we have to pay the price for shortcutting in lots of different ways. Back to Monokus again. Mixing it up works for you. I'd say you're giving your brain a rest from writing another like Passages, but your Monoku are always complex... no straight lines.

Lin Lane
Date: 1/29/2024 1:09:00 PM

;-)

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/29/2024 12:20:00 PM

I’d never be so petty as to call myself pretty lol!

Lin Lane
Date: 1/29/2024 11:37:00 AM

I had to read that twice. I thought it said pretty man.

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/29/2024 11:18:00 AM

I’m a petty man!

Lin Lane
Date: 1/29/2024 8:59:00 AM

hardly for that alone

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/29/2024 8:56:00 AM

Ah! well if I’m to be remembered for that one alone, then I’m happy! :)

Lin Lane
Date: 1/29/2024 8:47:00 AM

'Passages and Plays' is not easily forgotten.

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/29/2024 8:37:00 AM

Absolutely Lin, they really are part and parcel of being human, as much as we detest them sometimes, definitely no straight lines in my monokus lol! Thanks for mentioning passages again, I think you really enjoyed that one, I got a great buzz writing it too, cheers David

Di11y Da11y

Date: 1/29/2024 7:08:00 AM

We either cut corners or create them, I like to zig zag through life :)

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/29/2024 8:32:00 AM

To zig zag (is to be human) Dilly! the cosmos does not do straight lines, perhaps that’s why it created us, cheers David

Tom Cunningham

Date: 1/29/2024 3:55:00 AM

A wise Monoku David, if humans can find an easier way to do it they will every time. Seems no one likes a challenge these days with all the modern gadgets you don't even have to get out of bed. Lol. Must admit I find Alexa handy. Tom

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/29/2024 5:27:00 AM

Heya Tom, the gadgets we have today are great and I enjoy using them, (I’m more of a Siri guy myself) this one was always more about the human condition, and how we bend the cosmological rules using our intelligence to cut corners when it suits us, plus a lot of irony going on, cheers David

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 1/29/2024 2:21:00 AM

Brilliant write. So true.

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/29/2024 5:28:00 AM

Thanks so much Victor, you see the bigger picture, which was always my intention, cheers David