Infrathin part 2 (a dialogue between day and dreams)

LSS – The New México trip reminded me of the importance of being a part of an artists’ group. We stayed at a ranch that was once an artists’ retreat. Huxley, O’Keeffe, Lawrence. All stayed there from time to time. It made me thankful for my local art groups and our writing project.

 

RK – I just had a long dream about a multi-artist art opening in a huge gallery. My old friend Tim was the star of the night - they were taking his work off the walls after selling the items, and then putting up more of his work. I felt myself illuminated by his star glow. It was a great show and a great crowd.

All the artwork was meaningful and amazing.

Since the stroke I have the most incredible and lengthy dreams

 

LSS – Dreams are a gift. I look forward to falling asleep after reading at night. I love dreaming.

I never have nightmares.

 

RK – I believe that

 

LSS – Bizarre dreams, yes, lots of those.

 

RK – I so wanted that gallery dream to be real

 

LSS – How would you describe “meaningful?”

 

RK – give me a few minutes on that one

The work was both efficacious and socially relevant without being didactic.

 

LSS – More social than personal in meaning?

 

RK – It triggered viewers in a positive way

I imagine all social relevance is tied to the personal

let me amend that to 'politically/socially relevant'

 

LSS – Timely. Current. In that direction?

 

RK – yes

the always evolving social zeitgeist

 

LSS – Got it.

 

[RK 10/24/2025]

 

Infrathin part 1

“A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen – possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say. The object was first spotted on 1 July 2025 by the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile, when it was about 670 million km from the Sun. The ‘water ice-rich’ visitor, named 3I/ATLAS, is only the third known object from beyond our solar system ever spotted in our cosmic neighbourhood and the first to reach us from a completely different region of our Milky Way galaxy. It could be more than seven billion years old, according to University of Oxford astronomer Matthew Hopkins.” – Newly discovered interstellar object 'may be oldest comet ever seen' | The Royal Astronomical Society [retrieved 10-24-2025]

you said I’ve been talking about death since we met

well death was here twice now

grabbing my ankles and shaking me upside down

in a hasty bid for spiritual loose change

one night the house became so quiet

that the shadows strived to escape

since then I have difficulty sleeping in darkness

I want to believe that after all my decades of

posturing and theorizing

the telescope finally swung in the correct direction

seeing things that were always there

but which I never looked for

nor knew existed

tumbling for billions of years

before threatening this thin fabric

[RK 10/24/2025]