People prefer a face that can launch a thousand ships to one that can stop a clock. But did the clock-stopping face break the clockwork mechanism or halt the steady increase in entropy?
[Speaking of entropy, and it’s insistence on increase, a more disordered face reflects a more advanced state of progression, and yet that advancement isn’t honored.]
Back to the clock-stopping face. Breaking the brittle plastic gears of a mass-made clock is no great feat compared to ship-launching. But binding up the inexorable flow of the universe? That’s power.
It’s funny how we assess beauty. I would prefer to stop the clock. It’s the only way to beat old age.
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True.
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Wonderful observation. As to stopping clocks and launching ships, one’s face needs to stop but one to launch a new world for two.
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