The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage into the World of the Weird

by Dan Schreiber

There is a concept practised by Zen gardeners called ‘the Rough Corner’. The idea being that somewhere, in every beautifully tended garden, there should remain a patch of land left completely untouched, growing wild and chaotic so as to remind the gardener of how the universe intended it to look.

no matter where you look in this world, you can guarantee that something bizarre, improbable and unexplained is going

Nigel Dixon is an example of what can happen when you find yourself not in the right place at the right time, but in the wrong place at the right time.

Most people live their lives trying to manufacture the next move by putting themselves in the right place at the right time. But that’s too safe, too predictable. Life is more exciting than that – put yourself in the wrong place at the right time, and magical things can happen.