I enjoy the experience of seeing words in new ways relative to how I had previously automatically thought of them. Recently, I’ve thought about the words “moment” and “momentum.” Separated just by an um, but carrying seemingly inverse meanings, one indicating stillness and the other motion. As I’m typing and saying the words aloud, I also notice the um sounding similar to aum or om, anciently referred to by some as “the sound of the universe.” The moment and moment-ommm… this instant and the connection between this instant and everything, all of history and future, stillness and motion, two expressions of one ineffable Blank.

This moment,

This stillness,

That is and only can be Here,

Is also blindingly fast.

Motionless and full of motion.

And there’s nothing I need to do about it.

Moment

&

Momentum

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