I got up the other morning to find the sun and the moon in the sky. It reminded me of the novel I was trying to wade through for the Goodreads Book Addicts group I belong to. The book was 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, and I was having a lot of trouble getting through it. I resorted to setting reading goals for myself, which on my Kindle amounted to percentages to read in a day.
In 1Q84 Murakami makes a reference back to the book 1984, which I never read, so maybe that was part of the problem. I think the bigger problem was that the story line moved at a snail’s pace and there was an over abundance of repetition. I found out from Amazon that the book was nearly 1000 pages long. Mr. Murakami did not need repetition. I might have liked it a lot better if it were half that length.
But there were a few interesting things in 1Q84, and one was the setting. The alternate time period that 1Q84 represented was set in a universe where there were two moons visible from earth.
Space and the universe is an awesome and scary thing if you take the time to really think about it. For example, in your mind try to journey to the end of the universe. Try to visualize where that is. This exercise can make the ground that you’re standing on shift. Very scary.
In a manner reminescent of Mr. Murakami, this was the long way around showing you two photos I took the other morning from the same location, just minutes, or even seconds apart, really.
If you would like to read the NY Times review of 1Q84, you can find it here.
I absolutely love the mornings I can see the sun rise and moon sets at the same time — it’s so beautiful and magical but also always makes me think about where we are on Earth in positioning in space and in the Universe.
I know. It’s thinking about our position in space that sometimes knocks me off my feet. Stand outside and touch the sky. Imagine your little body attached to the planet by your feet, swinging through space as the earth rotates. All kind of scary to me.
what a beautiful planet we are on!
Yes. It is. We wouldn’t be alive without it.
Beautimous!
Thanks, Susan.
I really LOVE your photos, Christine. I had already read the NY TImes review. Good to know its not easy to get through.
Hope you have a great week.
Hugs,
Kathy
I hope you have a great week too.
“This exercise can make the ground that you’re standing on shift. Very scary.”
A good mind stretch will do that, won’t it? I’m going to try this in a quiet moment. 🙂 Love the moon photo, Christine!
Thanks, Cynthia.
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Thanks for stopping by, Jake.
What a nice surprise you found. It is interesting to see them share the sky
It’s funny because I noticed the moon first, and only then realized that the sun was just coming up.
I think Venus is the last star in the morning from night time. It is a planet of course not a star but they call it “The Morning Star”
I wish I knew more about astrology and what’s what up there in the night and early morning sky. Are you able to tell which star is Venus?
Watching the stars at night always feels peaceful to me. Getting way out in the country, away from city lights, seeing just how much is up there makes you feel small, and still connected to it all.
You express it well.