I am taking a break from this space for the time being. I plan to return, but I don’t have a plan for when that will be. There are some other things I want to work on for the next little while.
In the meantime, I invite you to consider an old turn of phrase surrounding the number of sides the same coin has. Two is how the saying goes, but there are actually three sides to the same coin. Maybe even four. The expression is sometimes used to illustrate when possibly unseen and perceived indivisible nuance is present within a situation—an illustration which is only effective if it’s possible to overlook the glaring and rudimentary counting error contained in the expression itself.
On paper, it’s clearly possible to see two sides of the same coin at the same time. Off the page, as long as there are multiple perspectives available, it’s possible to see more than two sides of the same coin at the same time. A single perspective view of all the sides of the same coin is also possible if the coin is spinning, but that introduces another dimension into the situation. Questions about the nature of observation arise immediately—philosophy and quantum mechanics go head‐to‐head. Or tail‐to‐tail.
As you can see, there’s a lot on my mind, but I’ve grown weary of looking at the same coin regardless.
Back in a bit…