Image Credit: Rodney Williams, DSC07395 (CC by 2.0) The Two Great Curses. We know them simply as "In the Beginning", and "The End". In fairy tales and folk lore, they are often styled as, "Once upon a time ...", and "... happily ever after". Don't let the flowery language confound you. Being is finite. So incredibly, incomprehensibly, inconceivably, FINITE. Finite means "It Finishes". And thus, hand in hand, The Beginning inevitably leads to The End. We come from nothing. We return to nothing. Memento Mori. Ex Nihilo Venimus. Ad Nihilum Redimus. Cum Humilitate Et Gratiarum, Carpe Diem. Tempus Fugit. Nehil Vereri. Remember Death. From nothing (we came). To nothing (we return). With Humility and Gratitude, Sieze the day. Time flies. Fear Nothing. There are as many curses in literature as there have been, or will be, thoughts in the universe. Every idea carries with it a function of conflict. Our time is short, so I will only dwe...
Robert Leigh Angus is a Canadian author and artist currently living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The collection shared on this blog are recent works compiled from several ongoing projects, including fiction, non fiction, essays, and verse. He has published several "Collections of Poetry and Fragments", as well as three "Tasting Journals", and several short works on a variety of subjects. He can be reached at (587)700-6575 or OctaviaPress(at)Hotmail.Com