Time Passage— At Principle Gallery
Predictions can be very difficult—especially about the future.
–Niels Bohr
On the last day of this year, I wanted to write about what might be ahead for us in 2024.
Decided against it even after spending too much time putting together a weird word salad filled with half-assed predictions that made me feel and sound crazy. Who needs that kind of anxiety on the last quiet Sunday morning of 2023?
However, I did come across the quote above from the great Danish physicist Niels Bohr that made me laugh. It felt a lot like it could have come from Yogi Berra, who also famously said, “The future ain’t what it used to be.”
Actually, the quote is attributed to both Bohr and Berra, which sounds like the name of a very odd vaudeville act. It is said by people familiar with both men that though there is no direct evidence of either actually saying the phrase, it sounds like something both might have said.
I guess it’s better to have a laugh on the last day of the year than wring our hands over what 2024 might deal us.
So. let’s end 2023 on a lighter note. I felt like sharing some Joni Mitchell for this last Sunday Morning Music of the year and her Raised on Robbery has a light touch. Always makes me smile. Maybe it will do the same for you.
Now get out of here. See you in the New Year– maybe. No predictions here today.
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