Category Archives: Questions by Clair
Is there anything unmeaningful?
It largely depends if there’s anything meaningful. I’m pretty sure meaningful is an fairly meaningless term. Can something be full of meaning? Are certain things bloated with meaning, whilst others are empty apart from tiny dregs? What is meaning in … Continue reading
What are you doing?
Obviously, immediately, I’m trying to answer a question. I’m writing it down. I’m listening to the rain. I’m lying in bed. I’m trying to not get too distracted by music and odd lyrics. I’m wondering if that sound outside my … Continue reading
120 rainbows starve
I stared and stared and victory filled up the little rented boat, from the pool of bilge where oil had spread a rainbow around the rusted engine to the bailer rusted orange the sun-cracked thwarts, the oarlocks on their strings, … Continue reading
Two rights make a wrong?
It’s certainly a possibility. But mainly (maybe) because we have to go a little deeper into what is considered a right. Because, well, I just don’t know. But I do know that for all my ‘do good things and good … Continue reading
Two wrongs make a right?
Standard wisdom is that they don’t, I think. That’s the phrase anyway. A half stern admonishment to a raging child: ‘Two wrongs don’t make a right’. Yet oddly, the theory seems to be behind most of the conceptions of justice … Continue reading
What do we want?
Not what we think. I think. And I think most people have an even bigger gap between think they want and what they want than even I think. Want think want think want think. We need to survive. We need … Continue reading
Do flowers like each other?
I’ve been accused of being a hippy before. It may be a valid point. But I’m not sure what it means. But if I start talking romantically about flowers, then I’ll certainly not do anything to assuage this reputation. But … Continue reading
Why are snow flakes white?
A snowflake consists of approximately 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 molecules of water. On average. This is where the ‘no two snowflakes are alike’ thing comes from. A particular arrangement of that many tiny bits of molecule is unlikely to replicate that often, as … Continue reading
Why are dogs hearts so true?
I hate that sometimes the truth sounds utterly cynical. It’s pack instinct. Through and through. When you befriend a dog, you become part of its pack. You own each other in a semi tribal way. If you boss it around … Continue reading
What is magic?
This is. I don’t know if I mean writing, or listening to music, or just being alive. But they all are. Magic. I think magic is creation. The act of making something. Constructing something. Building something. Something from nothing. Except … Continue reading
