domingo, 18 de marzo de 2012

"Life in a bubble jungle"

When human beings realized their home planet was minuscule, they felt lonely and wondered about what might exist somewhere in the Solar System. Soon the Solar System grew small, so humanity wondered about what might exist somewhere in their galaxy. Then the galaxy became small too, so humanity wondered about what might exist in nearby galaxies (once fantastically called "island universes"). The galactic neighbourhood turned diminutive with the discovery of countless others, so humanity wondered about what might exist somewhere in the vast universe. Somehow the universe grew limited too, and another possibility was projected: What lies beyond such limits? The historical answer: more of the same. Thus humanity wondered about what might exist somewhere in the unquantified number of universes.

For aesthetical purposes, lets imagine every universe, with its variations and singularities, as a bubble hoovering in existance among other bubbles. To clarify the intended image, we'll call the whole perplexing set a "bubble jungle" (a borrowed expression, it should be pointed out).

It is expected that phenomena and creatures pertaining to a specific bubble remain within its limits, yet my experience (and that registered by so many others before me) indicates otherwise.  Entities from what can only be other realms of existance roam the corners of this one like confused apparitions which vanish back to their homeworld after some time. Most of them are relatively small, which might be due to a reconfiguration that happens during the jaunt. I wonder if I've been involved in similar journeys without being able to recall the incidents.

This humble publication will operate in a way similar to Borges's Book of Imaginary Beings or any other Bestiarum vocabulum for that matter. I'll do my best to keep a constant record of the irruptions through short, essential entries and provide images of whichever creature invades my immediate space.

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