Heroes Not Zombies

Who doesn’t love a sunset? They are quite compelling. Every time I see the sky turn red I’m drawn outside to look at it. It’s something I never tire of. And, somehow, no two sunsets are identical.

There’s a kind of sunset which occurs in the distance. We see the orb of the Sun sinking below a far horizon, sending bright rays of colour upwards.

Then there’s this kind which turns the entire sky red. When the whole sky turns red the sunset is no longer something to watch “over there”. The distance collapses and you find yourself in a whole red world. It feels completely different, turned from an event to witness into an experience to live.

In that moment I realise there are no real distances which turn events into experiences. All events are experiences.