“I ducked and threw my body sideways, instinctually catching myself as the Banshee narrowly missed me in its perfectly executed dive. My breath caught as I looked down 700ft to the earth below.  Whew, what a fall that would have been!” 
Looking to my left I smiled to see that my friend had dodged sideways in her seat as well, and was just as startled by the epic scenery and integrative experience the 3D movie was causing. 
 
I’m an Optical Engineer; I’ve been studying and working with light almost daily for a …

 
I’ve suddenly been thrown from the trees of beauty and whimsicality into a deep and contemplative river.  Quite shocking at first, I’ve settled down to ponder what I see, and how I got here. 
 What did it?
I just watched this short film created last month by Sheridan College called “Electropolis.” It was shared with me by Cali (@Caligater) (who astounds me every time I interact with her) but this is not about that.
 Electropolis is five minutes long, but it has so much in it, and is so powerfully crafted, that it …

For many years I had forgotten about this book.  And then some years back I had a dream.  In that dream my bedposts turned into trees, and as I climbed out I found myself in a dark forest with grass underfoot and moonlight creeping through the leaves high above me. 
I awoke the next morning with a vivid feeling that I had been in that forest before, that it was more familiar to me than my own room.  But I could not place the memory for a very long time. 
Where the …