The par­al­lel syn­chro­nized ran­dom­ness of pancakes

Okay, I use the term lightly, the PSR of my assem­blage art projects. But it’s not a triple-​threat made in Dead Mule Stu­dio, it truly has a math­e­mat­i­cal pur­pose, a rea­son for exis­tence. I learned of it in “The Sci­ence of Sleep” — an extra­or­di­nary and simul­ta­ne­ously dis­turb­ing and bril­liant movie.

To those who wish to delve into  par­al­lel syn­chro­nized ran­dom­ness –

Imag­ine being asleep and dream­ing about buy­ing an ice cream cone, leav­ing the ice cream shoppe and then walk­ing down the street while eat­ing the cone.

At the same time, you real­ize that are awake and eat­ing ice cream while walk­ing downtown.

It’s as if you can day­dream — remain in the dream­ing state — while func­tion­ing in the now-​world.

Sounds kinda’ schiz­o­phrenic, if one were to believe such mind-​states existed. What? Who are you talk­ing to? Shut up! God? Are you there? It’s me, Margaret.

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