BREAKDOWN & BREAKTHROUGH:
Ruination of the Grand Narrative
&
A New Spatio-temporal dimension
Many fields of inquiry today hold a burning interest in the theme of time today, or spatiotemporal structure. We are “forced” to confront fundamental questions about our existence, under the impact of what seems to be our imminent demise. Most of these questions are being asked theoretically from within formal language springing from the presently dominant structure of space-time—space as an empty container of the things of the world; time as a linear progression from the past to the future. But there is more and more evidence that this structure of space-time is collapsing under the impact of too many spatiotemporal anomalies that cannot be incorporated by or even understood from within that framework. We are in the throes of having to work out new language to intertwine with nascent spatiotemporal dimensions that are emerging as disruptions to our present space-time. This cannot be a merely theoretical exercise . Too much is at stake. There is an initiatory path and I focus on stories to convey what that path may look like—the human experience of a breakdown of space-time.
Companion Essay: PALIMPSEST: Phenomenology of a Possible Space-Time
NOW WITH A COMMENTARY ON THE MOVIE: Everything Everywhere At Once
