In a dramatic magnification of our nearly total ignorance of what the sun* is — we have completely misunderstood the ‘big bang’.

That was -not an explosion- any more than -the ignition of the sun- was an explosion. For nothing ‘explodes’ -into life and beauty, language, living eyes, and minds-.

What the hell ‘explodes’ into pods of dolphins orbiting a G-type star? Or a human child gazing with adoration into its mother’s eyes? Which ‘explosion’ produced the prophets? Greece? Anciently conserved forests?

Ever seen something ‘blow up’ and then, when the dust clears, there is an expanse of divine beauty too staggering to survive the open revelation of?

Explosion my nether recesses. That was something unthinkable. And the sun? What sort of ‘explosion’ produces these words? My hands, your -dreams-?

*single most important object to understand around here.