Meditations in an Emergency

Meditations in an Emergency

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Meditations in an Emergency
A sense of forever

A sense of forever

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Rosecrans Baldwin
May 23, 2020
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Thinking about black holes. Thinking about the dark nanoseconds before a camera shutter closes. Looking at a piece of black fabric next to other, lighter shades of black. Most works by Steve Reich. The best of Donnacha Dennehy. Ellen Fullman’s long string instrument, or Jane Campion’s hair. The conceit behind Remainder by Tom McCarthy. The poem “when yo…

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