In the beginning, there was a dog

Day 242 of Current Days: Contemplations on a dog

In the beginning, there is a dog. The whole world is that which the dog is not. The world is the dog’s complement. Together, they create space.

The dog has spots. The spots are the intersection of sets: the world and the dog.

Then there is the nose. The nose belongs to the dog, to the world, but also to other worlds. Everything begins with the nose and everything ends with the nose. The nose has the capacity to absorb.

If one touches the nose carelessly, they may undergo fission, their particles scattered across all parallel universes.

The Beginning of the World, 20×20 cm, watercolor, 2026

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