The idea of a singularity (zero volume, infinite density), which is not considered real by scientists and yet is mathematically predicted to exist in a black hole could well be a route (one without space or volume, of course) into believing in the possibility of a godlike creator/annihilator. I found the poem both difficult and powerful.
I've read this several times, with curiosity, fascination and a growing but shifting sense of comprehension. There's a bloody awfulness--or awful bloodiness--in the image of that (merely "godlike") grip that "sequesters" (choice of verb surprises me). This is a "god" I would not defy, but could not love. "Deep's event horizon" confuses me: I want to read it as "deep event's horizon."
thanks for your thoughts, peter; I welcome this interpretation. I would say that while the poem does end on an affirmative note - 'There is an Order' - it is not necessarily reassuring or comforting, no! and if there is a godlike force at play, it may be that of a demiurge, for whom destruction is baked into creation - 'knowing what must be done/must be undone'... at best, perhaps, it is the god of virgil's eclogues, the 'love that conquers all' whom on closer inspection is the force that compels all things - towards their end!
Great stuff as usual Huck. Some might call it the hand of God?
for sure. and you might call the sword the Word!
The idea of a singularity (zero volume, infinite density), which is not considered real by scientists and yet is mathematically predicted to exist in a black hole could well be a route (one without space or volume, of course) into believing in the possibility of a godlike creator/annihilator. I found the poem both difficult and powerful.
I’m not sure where the arthurian metaphor came from tbh but yes, the singularity is surely the most fantastical thing in existence! thanks for reading
I've read this several times, with curiosity, fascination and a growing but shifting sense of comprehension. There's a bloody awfulness--or awful bloodiness--in the image of that (merely "godlike") grip that "sequesters" (choice of verb surprises me). This is a "god" I would not defy, but could not love. "Deep's event horizon" confuses me: I want to read it as "deep event's horizon."
thanks for your thoughts, peter; I welcome this interpretation. I would say that while the poem does end on an affirmative note - 'There is an Order' - it is not necessarily reassuring or comforting, no! and if there is a godlike force at play, it may be that of a demiurge, for whom destruction is baked into creation - 'knowing what must be done/must be undone'... at best, perhaps, it is the god of virgil's eclogues, the 'love that conquers all' whom on closer inspection is the force that compels all things - towards their end!