Patrick Taylor
THERE ARE MANY Patrick Taylors. Many. I'm only one of probably hundreds in existence – and that's just on Earth, because in the whole Universe there are trillions and quadrillions. Patrick Taylor is too many people. But you can read about Patrick. If you think you know me – or you once did – and would like to reminisce, send a message.
[ Patrick's drawings ]
'Story Book' (view drawing)
'Stairway' (view drawing)
'Guard' (view drawing)
'Young woman' (view drawing)
'Announcement' (view drawing)
wot i rote (date unknown):
When did I become superstitious?
I once believed the law of science and yielded to no other order of things. The night sky, the monstrous algebra of infinity made no mark on me except as a rule against which all other things are measured. A simple schoolboy I was. Now I am a man and I've acquired my demons. My talisman goes with me and the ruts and channels of my consciousness run with less prosaic beliefs, though nature runs there too.
I look for the signposts and I alter my course. It's nice to travel alone, no explanation, no compromise. Only I can see the signs, only I can read them.
MEANWHILE
Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977. From beyond the heliosphere the signal from Voyager 2 is still beaming back, taking more than 16 hours to reach Earth. Its 22.4-watt transmitter has the same power as a fridge light. Its signal is more than a billion billion times dimmer when it reaches Nasa's 70-metre antenna. The probe will continue through space long after Earth is swallowed by the Sun.
"When I looked in the opposite direction, into space, there was no mystery, no majestic awe to behold … All I saw was death. I saw a cold, dark, black emptiness. It was unlike any blackness you can see or feel on Earth. It was deep, enveloping, all-encompassing. It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered."
William Shatner in orbit aboard Bezos space capsule, aged 90 in 2022.
Patrick doesn't like social media. His New Year resolution is say less – only half as much – and keep reducing it by half every year, until it's just 1/1024 of what he said originally.
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