The Inevitable Is As Exhausting As The Impossible

The voice of Anonymous is strong tonight...he/she/it has added much to this stream of de-consciousness in the past hours. Thank you.

The entire day today was spent in a grueling negotiation over the fate of The Fringe Theory. Coffee was not provided. Two dozen well meaning men and women gathered in a very nice room to analyze the significance of TFT and to crassly set a price on it. After a free wheeling group discussion, we broke into three small groups, each group assigned one or two dimensions of TFT to analyze in depth. Each group reported back to the whole twice during the day to discuss progress. After the first report, one member of each group moved to another group in order to take their insights and understanding into a new discussion.

The experience was at once exhilarating as well as a demonstration of the truth of TFT. We began as a not quite random group of individuals drawn together by a need to discuss an idea. Put another way, we were bits of drifting matter pulled inexorably toward a magnetic core. We began as a fringe, orbiting an idea (core) . The core (idea) fed our discussion, pulling us in closer until we began to coalesce around themes inspired by the idea (core). In the end these themes and our entire group merged again to form a new core (idea), which was The Fringe Theory.

Sadly, we did not resolve the terms of sale of TFT.  But for a brief moment we merged and burned with a self-sustaining energy that was enough.

Fringe is all that there is.  Core is all that there is.

As of this moment, the Cubs are beating the Astros...

Alfred