I've been focusing on spontaneous synchronization lately. It's everywhere, not the least of which during human menstrual cycles... but also in the very smallest things all the way to the very largest things.
The Earth-Moon system is an incredible example of this type of sync. We only ever see one side of the moon, and that's because that side always faces the Earth. In other words, the Moon rotates at exactly the same pace as it goes around the Earth. That is not some cosmic coincidence, but instead another example of the much larger phenomenon of sync.
Sync can generally be explained by whatever field it occurs in, by mundane means, without evoking any sort of woo or mysterious stuff. The crazy thing is that the phenomenon of spontaneous sync seems to emerge everywhere, quite apart from the systems in which they originate.
Fireflies are another really good example you're already familiar with (and may have already written about).
Another nice piece; this line really wowed me: "At least in my house this seems possible, where the curtains run thin." Such a simple line contains multitudes. Are the curtains thin because the occupants of the home desire closer contact with the outside world? Are "the curtains" thin" because the occupants remain open to one another (and maybe the rest of the world), with no "curtains" obscuring their true selves? And using "run" there gives the curtains an agency that adds a little eeriness. Even if it was just meant to be a self-deprecating throwaway about having cheap curtains, you could have said "we have cheap curtains that let too much moonlight in," but instead gifted your readers with this lovely line.
From one lunatic to another, I love this!
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I've been focusing on spontaneous synchronization lately. It's everywhere, not the least of which during human menstrual cycles... but also in the very smallest things all the way to the very largest things.
The Earth-Moon system is an incredible example of this type of sync. We only ever see one side of the moon, and that's because that side always faces the Earth. In other words, the Moon rotates at exactly the same pace as it goes around the Earth. That is not some cosmic coincidence, but instead another example of the much larger phenomenon of sync.
Sync can generally be explained by whatever field it occurs in, by mundane means, without evoking any sort of woo or mysterious stuff. The crazy thing is that the phenomenon of spontaneous sync seems to emerge everywhere, quite apart from the systems in which they originate.
Fireflies are another really good example you're already familiar with (and may have already written about).
Love thinking about all that, and I haven't done fireflies but good idea!
Live in a house of girls though (two teens and me) so I totally get it.
I might be going crazy. I've been pretty far down the sync rabbit hole, but damn is it a good one.
Another nice piece; this line really wowed me: "At least in my house this seems possible, where the curtains run thin." Such a simple line contains multitudes. Are the curtains thin because the occupants of the home desire closer contact with the outside world? Are "the curtains" thin" because the occupants remain open to one another (and maybe the rest of the world), with no "curtains" obscuring their true selves? And using "run" there gives the curtains an agency that adds a little eeriness. Even if it was just meant to be a self-deprecating throwaway about having cheap curtains, you could have said "we have cheap curtains that let too much moonlight in," but instead gifted your readers with this lovely line.
I love all the layers of your reading, and I do try to contain multitudes in these little lines, so it's thrilling that you catch them.
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon. She had issues and took her own life.
Whoa! Wild fact!