Call the Cardiologist
"Arrhythmia means the heart beats, but not in proper time-a critical rhythm of life suddenly going rogue and unpredictable. It's frightening to experience, but what if it's also a good metaphor for our current times? That a pulse once seemingly so steady is now less sure. Perhaps this wobbliness might be extrapolated into a broader sense of life in the 2020s.
The world seems to have skipped more than a beat or two as demagogues rant and democracy shudders, hurricanes rage, and glaciers dissolve. We can't stop watching tiny screens where influencers pitch products we don't need alongside news about senseless wars that destroy, murder, and maim tens-of-thousands. "
I didn't make this up. It was written by David Ewing Duncan in the MIT Technology Review. It was published on October 30, before the election.
Some people use the word bundespräsidentenstichwahlwiederholungsverschiebung, 51 letters that mean chaos.
Toni Morrison worded it this way: "I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence".
There is no band-aid to stem this bleeding of democracy. In fact, in the excellent Netflix series, "The Diplomat", there is a suggestion that democracy appears to be going out of style. (2)
Is it any wonder that I create new worlds to explore? They offer new realities, new visions of what could be on the other side of rage, an alternate dimension of joy and humor, a reminder that as humans we are more than our temper tantrums.
Of course, if we learn the secrets of the comb jellyfish, we could grow younger over time. Now there's a radical new dimension! (1)
I like Dolly Parton's version: "Sail away with me to another world."
c. Corinne Whitaker 2024 and always
(1) Aging in Reverse.
(2) For a wide-angle view of democracy and political upheavals, viewers might want to see this piece from the Atlantic magazine. Long but worth reading.
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