Christmas Eve - another cycle around the sun - and a ponder on all things magical
I’ve been pondering lately upon the cyclical nature of everything. Absolutely everything. Einstein maybe didn’t realise how emotive his Relativity Theory would be: as an adult, and as a teacher, I recognise that “the above equation” basically means that “stuff moves because of its relationship with other stuff……” Physicists are not generally remembered for their holistic empathy. I don’t profess to understand physics - never could get my head around it. All those amazing physical manifestations to me are simply magic on an everyday level. I remember sometime around 1970 saying to my physics teacher “BUT WHY?” (I think we were studying a Vandergraff Generatorat the time) and when she tried to explain in mathematical terms, I reached the startling realisation that it was simply magic - plain and simple. I always veered towards the arty side of things. I could ‘do’ maths, but only because it was essentially puzzle solving! I went to a fabulous school which provided me wit...