Another aspect to consider is that reality is itself a function of contrast and tension. In terms of the physical, there doesn't appear to be any actual material reality, not even strings. Just the tension of positive and negative.

Our problem is that we are linear, goal oriented organisms in a cyclical, circular, reciprocal, feedback generated reality, so we all end up running in circles, thinking the goal is to run faster.

Peak efficiency will be when we can do everything with nothing.

A hundred thousand years after leaving Africa, we are bouncing up against the edge of the global petri dish.

Though for those of us able to ground out into the larger reality, the path is more riding the wave, than worrying where it is taking us. Journey, not destination.

The bull is power.

The matador is art.