Quantum Connections Statement

This body of work was conceived as a dialogue about the inter-connectedness of all things. The single thread that weaves through every aspect of our existence is NUMBER, so the focus here has been on the concept of number, numbering, counting, the history of numbers, as well as the words and glyphs (symbols) that represent numbers. The earliest marks made by man were notches, a single notch representing a single unit. Long before we had a concept of numbers, before there were any written languages, humans felt the need to QUANTIFY. And the first Quantity was ONE and the first symbol used was a single notch. In every writing system, the second, third and fourth marks were two, three and then four vertical notches. Only after “4” did it become necessary to use a symbol, because the Human Brain is incapable of perceiving a quantity of more than 4 without counting. (ie, at a glance, we can perceive 4, but when we see 5 or more, we must count 1,2,3,4,5…) That leap to the abstract concept of NUMBER opened the door to the development of mathematics, geometry, and science, all with the ultimate purpose of understanding our Universe. Ironically, in our pursuit of understanding our physical world, in the hope of understanding reality, we have come closer and closer to the understanding that nothing is real, as in solid, that reality is relative. Our five senses tell us that we are solid. Quantum Physics tells us we are not. We are in a constant state of flux, moving, vibrating, filled with worlds of potentiality. We can affect the behavior of sub-atomic parts by merely focusing on them! How can this be? How can we get comfortable with the idea that we exist in multiple places at once? To the Pythagoreans, facing the reality of an irrational number was so terrifying that they were sworn to secrecy, lest the entire world lose all faith in God, because as they all knew God created a rational world. Only by going through the unknown, through what doesn’t make sense, grappling with the inconceivable, can we ever hope to glimpse reality. Number is purely abstract. It isn’t physical. It is how we measure, qualify, quantify, describe and explain, but it doesn’t EXIST. That duality, the existence/non existence of it, changes when we focus on Number as it relates to another…as a ratio, as a product, as a sum…that makes it real to us. Makes it come to life. So, if we are all moving around like mad at our most elemental level, behaving like waves (with an interference pattern, which essentially means that we exist in multiple places at once), then we aren’t really solid. And, since what is real about Numbers is the relationship, then WE only become solid when we observe ourselves and real when we perceive ourselves in relation to others…ie, acknowledge our connectedness. In shifting our consciousness from Separate to Connected, we create balance and harmony in our lives.