Exercise 02
You meet a man in a bar in a strange town. He has a cat on his lap, and he orders a cup of coffee, slowly spoons sugar into it. He strokes the cat's black fur and says, "This contact is illusory. The cat and I are separated as though by a pane of glass, because man lives in time, in successiveness, while the magical animal lives in the present, in the eternity of the instant." What do you say back to him? And he to you? What does the cat do? What happened to this man before he came into the bar?
Strange Town
The man
looks at his watch, before looking at the clock tower making sure they are in
sync before he watches across the street as a woman locks up her candy store
for the day. The sun is setting, and he notices his feline friend with a
delight. “Oh epoch of the sunset, it happens regularly, yet time is always
changing; however, you never mind it.” He picks up his feline companion who is
rubbing against his legs as he enters the door to the bar, walking to a table
and taking a seat.
As I
enter the bar and take a seat at a table across from the man, he speaks. “This
contact is illusory. The cat and I are separated as though by a pane of glass,
because man lives in time, in successiveness, while the magical animal lives in
the present, in the eternity of the instant.” The man says randomly. The cat on
his lap simply purrs in response to his petting.
“Time
is an illusion that man hath created, yet without it man would be lost in
confusion.” I respond my understanding of the world. The cat stretches out its lengthy
form, before jumping from the man’s lap and walking out of the door of the bar,
turning back to look at me as If it wants me to follow. As I look up I notice
people walking with lit candles up and down the street as if to continue
natures lighting. For what reason they walk the streets with candles as the
daytime turns to night, I shall not know.
“One
can only exist in the present, but not the past nor the future. The cat knows
this for a fact, man is simply disillusioned.” He responds, as if the cat is in
the right and we are in the wrong.
(This was actually written a while back. I decided to post it now though. I hope you enjoy it even though it's obviously lacking in any sense.)
