WHAT IS STRANGE? (Some thoughts about normality in honour of Masatomo Sakurai) Time travel is nothing extraordinary. Reading minds from a distance is actually no surprise. Sensing things before they happen is a skill anyone can master. Healing through energy is actually 'normal' if we opened our eyes. However, what's truly weird is seeking a 'golden future' when the present is adequate, or fretting over past mistakes long after they have ceased. What's laughably odd is repeating old habits while realizing they are fruitless or sacrificing yourself for something that is a source of misery. What's comically queer is believing one set of dogmas can explain all phenomena, or pretending to be 'normal' in a universe that's filled with mysteries that are wonderfully & inexplicably strange. ===================================================================================== from How Weird: Out of the Box of Expectations by T Newfields Summary: An image and poem about 'normality' and 'queerness.' Keywords: normality, paranormal abilities, strangeness, deep-rooted blindness Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?) Begun: 2016 in New Taipei, Taiwan ☆ Finished: 2016 in New Taipei, Taiwan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/HowWeird/dark.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/HowWeird/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/HowWeird/kanine.htm TRANSLATIONS ESPAÑOL https://www.tnewfields.info/es/extrano.htm NIHONGO https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/hen.htm ZHŌNGWÉN https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/quguai.htm