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I read this wonderful post of Kate Shrewsday’s
before going to sleep last night and it got me thinking (they always do)
of
Six impossible things before breakfast
A world without the power of money,
a sun-powered world
Journeys across a borderless globe,
Inter-universe journeys
Born old, growing young,
Spinal cords
growing in a window box
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Impossible possibilities? What are your thoughts? 😀
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Bluebee, I’m honoured 🙂 Thank you for the link and so chuffed to have set you thinking. I love your six impossible things:Dodgson would have loved you last stanza, I bask in the first 🙂
Thank you, Kate – your posts provide a cerebral workout, as well as being highly entertaining 😀
Argh – I can’t open Kate’s blog – it keeps doing that click! thing
What click thing is that, Julie? 🙂
It was a wonderful post 🙂 Here goes (well, you did ask for our thoughts) – I think ‘a world without the power of money’ is possible and would have happened in the good old stone age and might happen again if humans become extinct ;); ‘a sun-powered world’ would be marvellous and not out of the realms of possibility (I envisage a moon sized solar dish floating in outer space but attached to the planet by a massive bunjy cord which transmits the power to earth). ‘A borderless globe’ – again, would be nice and is possible now given a non-human frame of reference (birds without borders, marsupials without maps, sharks without visas etc.,). ‘Inter-universe journeys’ assumes that things can exist apart from the existence of everything – so yes, impossible indeed! ‘Born old, growing young’ – yes, impossible but referred to in a metaphorical way by Bob Dylan (yes, I know you don’t like him but a good 50% or more of the world are quite fond of him – haha). I have no idea about spinal cords and window boxes, but sounds good to me.
My two cents – ‘humans without any prejudices’ (impossible).
Great poem bluebee (sure gets the thought juices flowing). Stop me, I’m rambling …
Ramble on, Gabe! I love your reply 😀 particularly the bunjy cord solar dish, haha. You have a sharp memory (perhaps I should attempt to read Dylan, rather than suffer the torture of his nasal whining…am I in danger of being lynched? ;-)) Your reply to inter-universe hurts my brain, but your two cents makes perfect sense – it would be a wonderful thing. Thanks 😀
Lots of people hate Dylan so I think you are safe from lynching – hahaha (you either love him or hate him). You can scrap my inter-universe sentence – I was thinking that you meant there was more than one universe which according to the definition of universe should not be possible (ie., the universe is everything in existence) but apparently there might be inter-universe worm holes so now I am really confused (does inter mean between or across eg., inter-galactic – across galaxies or within galaxies). I’m starting to think nothing is impossible 🙂
and then there’s the theory of multiverses…hehe
I love it when other bloggers inspire something, but this is incredible. The idea of spinal cords growing in a window box…fabulous! Kate did a good thing when she wrote that post.
One of your best.
Thank you, Tilly Bud 😀
Some seeds planted grow into fine oak trees…as you post has grown from Kate’s germinal post.
It’s one of the things I love about blogging, Charles 🙂 Thanks
Born Old . . . . The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons:
http://www.benjaminbutton.com/
I could not get into that movie, Nancy, so watched very little of it. Did you enjoy it? Maybe I just wasn’t in the right frame of mind
Not on my Top Ten list (or even Top 100) . . . intriguing concept, though.
It is 🙂
Your posts make me laugh or cry or think or simply appreciate the planet – sometimes all at once. My impossible possibilities have to do with the human relationship to this beautiful sphere and the other creatures on it. Will we some day recognize and appreciate our limitations as a species?
The “first, do no harm” mindset has a long way to reach, Monica
Above below, crowed alone… 😉
Peace, Blue Bee, x
Laz
Thanks, Laz 🙂
I am blown away by the idea of a world without the power of money. I could cry thinking about it because so many of my relationships have been destroyed because of money. You are a dear, dear person to say such a thing. This whole post reminds me of Lennon’s ‘Imagine.’ If only, Bluebee. If only….
Too often it’s used as a weapon of control and mass destruction when it could be used to eradicate poverty – I don’t think that’s an impossibility. Thanks, Selma 🙂
your line “a sun powered world” reminded me of this article I read about a proposed underground park in New York. Watch the video, it’s really interesting
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17914500
Quite a bizarre concept – be interesting to see how many would actually use it and whether there would be enough natural energy funelled down in winter to sustain it – thanks, Nursemyra
There is always food for thought. Thank you for the contribution. Lovely!
Thanks, Renee – it will be interesting to see how the world progresses on the technological and medical fronts in the next 10 years.
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