a random thought

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"Eastof the Sun and West of the Moon is what the mysterious wanderer infairy tales identifies as his place of origin. That place is, ofcourse, the Earth. But if you think about it just a little, east ofthe Sun and West of the Moon places us in a halfway place between Dayand Night.

Whichis to say, in twilight.

InEnglish folklore and literature, that space is claimed only by theIrish--in the so-called "Celtic Twilight."

Celtictwilight very rapidly became a derogatory term meaning twee, overlysentimental, and mystical in a middle-class drawing room manner. Thisis much the same scorn with which--I was there, I rememberit--fantasy was exiled to the nursery.

Butstop and reflect. Where are we humans in acosmological sense? Somewhere in the universe. On the outermost armof the Milky Way. Within shouting distance of a few local stars.

Eastof the Sun. West of the Moon.

Makingour half-lit way through the dreams of the Emerald Isle.

But,of course, I being Irish would say that. Now, wouldn't I?