A Cakebox Full of Stars

Its Built .. On With The Show

It strikes me as odd that most endeavors in life are not like this .. we fly the airplane as we built it mostly, jobs dont stop as we train .. if we switch jobs/careers there is urgent pressure to get back in the game .. some game... any game like I had to .. I didnt grow up wanting to sell cell phones... most things the signposts come hot and heavy .. exit one mile! college in September! the baby is here in December .... you'll be 70 in X year s...

so into the midst of this built it as you fly it world we seem to live in .. comes this leisurely thing called home planetariums ... and look at me.... i need another year to get my power cords organized ... give me another 3 years and i'll write a show ..

NO MORE! March 1st .. Its BUILT. its refreshing really ... i wonder if broadway productions are like that .. still painting scenery opening night . oh well

somewhere in the back musty corner of whats left of my mind I keep hearing this description of the universe that may fit this pursuit .. maybe it was carl sagan in cosmos who said it

somebody said it .. the universe is finite, but unbounded ...

ive been living in an infinite, unbounded illusion .. time to come to grips with the finite part. Ive still got unbounded to built gegenschien projectors .. but at least I'll have something concrete at last ..

We need markers in our lives, some are given to us .. birthdays, anniverseries.. milestones .. last weekend I visited my son away at college and was stopped in my tracks .. in his dorm room was MY SIGN .. dream big ... I liked that so I stole it! said he .. and then I realized some kind of torch had been passed .. my kid is showing the dream big sign to the future while I sit here on my farm ..

i dug up this picture .. the future, and the past .. the little starbox not only the museum inspired, but that cakebox that started me when I was his age.. the past and the future, taken root in today .. a cakebox full of stars.