Theory

Time is only a measurement. It radiates into space. Generally, the space is all of space, but it could theoretically be contained to, say, the size of a bubble, for instance. So if you are in this bubble traveling through time, maybe the chunk of earth that you are standing on and some of the air around you goes with you.  Someone has to clean up the mess from all of the people from the future leaving little bits of the present all over the past – these chucks of earth and clouds of air and bits of flotsam are referred to, not ignorantly, as Presents.

I’ve recently come across the posts of Rob Bryanton.  Rob is a Canadian author, composer, and sound designer, who is interested in the nature of reality. He  created the following animation for his website, which promotes his book of the same name. It explains a lot about the idea of multiple dimensions and parallel universes. His idea varies from the leading theory that there are eleven dimension, because he considers time a direction or quality of the other dimensions and not a dimension in and of itself. My theory would be that time, which is generally considered the 4th dimension, is actually the first dimension, but I’m just an armchair physicist.

Many people, when asked, what is a tesseract, will refer to the 1962 Madeleine L’Engle book A Wrinkle in Time. She uses the term to describe a fold in space used by galactic travellers. I first remember seeing a tesseract as a child, watching Carl Sagan explain the difference between a two dimensional, three dimensional and four dimensional world. I did not until recently revisit the concept and was intrigued by the ramifications of such a shape. I decided that I needed to try to build one.

This project began as a way of investigating reality through metaphor. As an artist, I am creating a living / recorded performance piece that examines the nature of reality. Of particular interest to me are the ideas of parallel universes, free will, purpose and truth. This blog is meant to be a repository for thoughts and ideas related to the subject… Who am I? Why am I here? What is going to happen to me tomorrow?

I am not a scientist or an expert. I am merely a curious enthusiast. The more that I know, the more I am confused. (This is natural. I don’t confuse nature with goodness; nature has it’s own agenda.) But I do believe that within the paradox of our existence is a niche which provides us purpose. We are on a rung of a double helix ladder to infinity. What a strange and wonderful place to be in.