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Addendum to the Grand Providentia Projections Pitch

If you’re a new visitor to this site, or you’ve visited on occasion but you’re unfamiliar with the details of the Grand Providentia Projections, please allow me to direct your attention to the comprehensive overview (pitch) I published in May of this year – https://grandprovidentiaunited.blog/2026/05/18/actualizing-the-grand-providentia-projections-peace-power-love-and-riches-going-global/ – Today’s post is an addendum to that comprehensive overview, so the substantive developments I’ll be discussing here will make more sense when they’re considered within the broader context of the project pitch.

An Open Gateway to Opportunity?

Yes, I believe it is!

I’ve had multiple phone conversations over the last couple of weeks with past clients, employees, and business associates concerning a major shakeup in the bronze sculpture industry here in the southeast. The first conversation I had was with Charles Wambold III – President, Founder and Foundry Master of American Bronze Foundry in Sanford, Florida. I’m grateful to say that I’ve regarded Charlie as a good friend and trusted associate for more than 20 years now. American Bronze has been my foundry of choice since I left Bronzart Foundry Inc. in 2008, and I exclusively sub-contracted ABF to “cast and blast” all the bronze work I produced during my eleven years as a business owner in the commercial sculpture industry on the west coast of Florida. Charlie called early last week to share the happy news that he was selling his facility and retiring at the end of the year. He further explained that the offer to buy his property came unexpectedly and confessed that it was an offer he couldn’t turn down. He’d already been planning to retire for some time but hadn’t figured out exactly how to make it happen, until now. I’ve long admired Charlie for his impeccable work ethics and unflinching dedication to the art of bronze sculpture casting. I can’t help but applaud his enduring commitment to the sculpture industry, having experienced firsthand how physically demanding and emotionally stressful the business can be at times. Charles, his wife Renee, and the rest of the Wambold family have persevered through damaging hurricanes, oppressive heat and the highs and lows of the Florida economy for 35 years, ultimately creating the largest and most capable art foundry in the Southeastern US. ABF is located 44 miles northeast of the Universal Orlando Resort. For those of you who are interested, here’s a link to American Bronze Foundry – https://americanbronze.com/

One of my most memorable visits to American Bronze Foundry – In 2013, professional sculptor, Loura Parks Dobbs (center) commissioned me, with Charlie’s consent, to apply the faux granite patina to her 15′ “St. Michael the Archangel” bronze monument at the foundry in Sanford. Charles Wambold III stands with his back to the camera in the third photo (he’s the one without any wings).

Universal Dreamer or Well-grounded Entrepreneur

Well before Charlie had finished filling me in on the details of his unexpected liberation from the responsibilities of Foundry Master at ABF, and furthermore, his newly found pathway to retirement, a familiar sense of wonder began to well up within my mind and spirit. I refer to it as a familiar sense of wonder not because it happens often, but because this particular brand of wonder is almost always associated with sensations brought on by the astute recognition that synchronicity plays a major role in orchestrating the circumstances of life. In other words, I’ve become intimately acquainted with the dynamics of manifestation, and when I perceive that the signs and synchronicities are in alignment, I experience the sensation of knowing that the Source, or the Universe if you prefer, is about to manifest a new expression of reality in a positive and powerful way. Specifically, though, in the context of my conversation with Charlie, I wondered immediately whether his situation, his new reality, was directly connected with my own. Since the beginning of this year, I’ve grown increasingly convinced that NBCUniversal is actively pursuing the development of the Grand Providentia Projections and is possibly closing in on a greenlight for the inception of this worldwide production. If my intuitive sensibilities are as keen as I believe them to be, and my convictions are correct, then it isn’t a very broad leap for me to imagine that the NBCUniversal group might be involved with the purchase of the American Bronze Foundry. After all, the facility is located just north of the largest Universal theme park in the world. With all those resources, human and material, just minutes away, it would be an ideal location to begin production of the flagship GP Projection which I suspect is to be installed somewhere on the east coast of the USA (North Bergen, NJ?). And even if that whole scenario is a figment of my imagination, or simply wishful thinking, there are other, more empirical reasons, that Charlie’s news has the potential to significantly impact the future of my professional career in the visual arts.

For the sake of clarity, before I get into the rest of the conversation I had with Charlie, I’ll back up a bit and recount a yearslong discussion I’ve been having with Mike Elwell, another long-term friend and trusted associate of mine. I met Mike in 2007, when I worked for Bronzart Foundry Inc., Sarasota, FL, and indeed Bronzart’s struggles in the bronze business have been the subject matter of our ongoing discussion. Mike called me about a week ago, just a few days after Charlie’s call to ask if I had any ideas how he, or we together, could help Bronzart survive in the business of bronze. In the interest of brevity, I won’t get into the nature or the origins of their troubles in this post, but I will say that Bronzart has been in steady decline since the passing of its President, Founder and Foundry Master, Richard Frignoca in 2014.

Now, back to my phone call with Charlie. I asked if he knew what kind of business would be moving in when he moved out. He said that he didn’t know, but he didn’t think it would be a bronze foundry because they hadn’t expressed any interest in the equipment or the contents of the buildings. That was when he gave me another bit of info that piqued my interest in an entirely different way. He told me that he’d be attempting to sell all of his foundry equipment from front door to back for $300,000, but it would need to be cleared out by the end of January 2027. He also told me that he wasn’t taking on any new projects because he had to finish up everything currently in the works. Then he mentioned Bronzart, or at least he mentioned all of the panicking clients of Bronzart who had been calling him or dropping in for a visit to ask whether ABF could finish their projects, many of which had been stalled for months due to his primary competition’s rapid disintegration and steady movement toward insolvency. Charlie told me he regretted having to turn down all that business, and that he was sorry to see how things were going for the west coast foundry, but reasserted that he was already committed to winding down his own productions at American Bronze. He elaborated further, telling me that he’d also turned down many other projects, “…including seven life-size figures during the last two weeks alone.” Sensing my interest in the foundry equipment he was planning to sell, Charlie told me that he couldn’t let it go until the end of the year, because it would be in use until then, but preferably the deal would be brokered by that time so everything could be off the property in early January. One added benefit to the package would be his company website and client base contact information.

Taking all of this information into account, I’ll make the following statement – I know in my heart that I’m one of very few people in the states who could pick up where American Bronze Foundry and Bronzart Foundry Inc. left off. I would need to find an investor, or investors, to support me in the endeavor. I’d also need financial advisors and business management executives to help me run the day-to-day foundry work, but I know that my passion for the arts and my creative leadership style would add up to an extraordinarily successful bronze foundry. Time is of the essence, as usual, but I’m ready to get back to business in my creativity and this could be the start of an exciting new chapter in the “True story, as yet unfolding…”

Naturally Progressive

I’ve often professed to being a pragmatic dreamer – unafraid to trust in my own creative abilities, while also remaining grounded in reality – being able to discern the difference between achievable goals and flights of fantasy. Soulfire Creative is Plan-B. It could include a foundry facility, but not necessarily. I wrote a preliminary outline for Soulfire Creative in 2025. (see below)
Written in the Autumn of 2025, this plan doesn’t take into account any of the recent developments I’ve detailed in this post. Starting out with a pre-existing client/project base from American Bronze Foundry, Bronzart Foundry Inc. and Moore Art Expressions would surely bolster Soulfire Creatives’ potential for short-term profitability.

Earthly Dreams Prevail

I’ve never been one to dream in mediocrity. I see mediocrity everywhere, so I perceive that it must be an adequate goalpost for the less imaginative masses. It seems to me that mediocre dreams could be something certain people settle for because they’ve been conditioned to believe they’re simply not equipped to dream in excellence. When it comes to imagining new worlds into being, I prefer to dream in excellence. I strive to envision an improved version of the world; a world moving toward unity and away from intolerance; a world where it’s just as easy to imagine happiness as it is to imagine sorrow; and a world where dreams of peace aren’t summarily ridiculed as unrealistic imaginings.

I dream of a world where the “Grand Providentia Projections” are embraced as a universal expression of human excellence. NBCUniversal has rightly earned its reputation of excellence in the industries of film and entertainment the world over, time and again, for more than a century. In my estimation, this is a world that only NBCUniversal can help me imagine into reality. Together, is the ideal way to build adventurous new worlds.

Urgent call to action: Like so many creatives before me, I look to the world around me for moral and financial support. I need help to realize my dreams. I must confess that I cannot fully comprehend the enormity of the expense or the complexity of the production planning for this project, so I have only a limited understanding of the timeline necessary for development of the IP. Still, I must ask for some form of confirmation, perhaps including short term compensation. Might NBCUniversal offer to purchase an option on the intellectual property, if indeed they are intending to commit to the project? I hold firm that the Grand Providentia Projections will be a gift to the future of all life on Earth. I’m asking NBCUniversal to help make this gift a reality, and together, we’ll start to build a brave new world. A world that has been patiently waiting to be imagined into existence.

“Equilibrium“

Thesis Film Development

Third Eye from the Sun ~ Creative Vision

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Suspend your conditioned disbelief and open your mind to the possibility that you’ve been shortsighted from the start. Now, try to imagine a world far beyond your understanding. Why am I instructing you to do this? Because that’s the reality of this world. It’s the reality of the world we’ve all been born into.

“Artifice Unreal”

Vision Statement:

Human beings have historically relied on their limited physical perceptions to find reason and make sense of the world around them. This ‘making sense of things’ has given rise to the amassment of a vast database of accepted knowledge in every field of study that’s piqued the curiosity of mankind since the beginning of time. Our need to label and categorize each new discovery and experience and subsequently place it in the appropriate field of study, has often led to disputes between the various ologies. Notoriously, theology, philosophy, sociology and the physical and theoretical sciences, have been judged as incompatible, incomparable, and even adversarial in their belief systems. This disunifying categorization of ideas has invariably led to one blind spot after another, one war of ideology after another, and yes, one battered and bruised ego after another. But can one belief system ever completely negate another? I think not. And even if the human race could unanimously agree on which belief system we should follow, how could we ever know if we’re heading toward the purest or truest perception of reality. Third Eye from the Sun will seek to blur the boundaries between ideologies. The film will question the commonly accepted ‘sensible’ nature of reality. It is likely that human beings will never fully unravel the mysteries of the Universe, let alone understand how consciousness affects our perception of what is actually happening here. Can the energy fields emitted by collective consciousness be captured and contained to be selectively deployed as curing agents for the existential threats we humans are currently facing? I don’t know for sure, but intuition is telling me that this fringe ideology is worth a thorough exploration.

Preferred location for Uncle Neil’s secluded workshop. The place where Maynard will design and build a conscious energy transmitter and receiver. Rose Dhu Island, Chatham County, GA.

Synopsis:

Maynard Otto Barrett, a discredited and disillusioned quantum physicist, finds himself ostracized by family, friends and associates because he’s been increasingly outspoken about his nonconventional theories concerning the nature of human consciousness. As a boy, Maynard’s favorite relative, and the person who introduced him to the wonders of physics and philosophy in the first place, was his mother’s brother, Uncle Neil. Maynard would visit his uncle’s house out on the marshes whenever he was given permission by his mother, but it was only on rare occasions that she would grant him that permission because she didn’t trust her brother’s judgment. Cindy Barrett knew her older brother Neil was always getting completely wrapped up in his crazy experiments and she feared her little boy would be easily influenced by his madcap imaginings. As any good son would, Maynard tried to assuage his mother’s worries about the time he was spending with Uncle Neil, but the more time he spent with him, the more apparent his intrigue became and the less convincing his arguments were. His uncle’s strange stories and ideas were indeed unrealistic, but Maynard truly enjoyed the way he felt when he was hanging out with Uncle Neil in his ad-hoc laboratory. There, he felt like the world was a magical place. A place where anything could happen at any given time.

Maynard’s father had never shown much interest in his son, or anything else for that matter, so when he abandoned Cindy and Maynard just after the boy’s seventh birthday, Uncle Neil became the one and only male role model in young Maynard’s life. Uncle Neil taught his nephew everything he’d learned through a lifetime of studying physics and metaphysics, but the most important thing he taught him was how to think for himself. At ten years old, when his mother informed him that they would be moving away from the rural coastline of southern Georgia to look for better employment opportunities in Atlanta, Maynard rebelled. At first, he tried to reason with her, telling her that they were doing just fine in Shellman Bluff, but he knew how unreasonable that sounded, so his second strategy was to go to his uncle and ask him to talk to his mother. Neil knew his sister well. He knew that when she made a decision to do something, there was really no point in trying to talk her out of it. Maynard and his mom never made it to Atlanta. Instead, they settled in the city of Athens, where Cindy found work at the University of Georgia, the college that Maynard would attend for the first four years of his undergraduate studies. When they first arrived in Athens, Maynard and his mom talked often about returning to Shellman Bluff, at least to visit Uncle Neil, but within months they were both so caught up in building new lives for themselves that they only rarely mentioned his name, and when they did, it was with a nostalgic reverence that left them both shaking their heads in wonder. In the isolated social environment of Shellman Bluff, Uncle Neil’s outlandish ideas had seemed fairly rational, but in the brightly lit and intellectually progressive city of Athens, those same ideas seemed to be completely delusional.

During his graduate studies at the University of Florida, in Gainesville, Maynard attempted to contact his Uncle Neil a couple of times through the mail but never received a response. The last time Maynard had seen or heard from him was the day he and his mom drove out of Shellman Bluff heading for Athens. His uncle had always been an off-the-grid kind of guy. As far as Maynard knew, he had never owned a cell phone and he mistrusted the government to the point of paranoia, so it was understandable that it was difficult to contact him. Every time that Maynard thought about driving north to check on Uncle Neil, something would keep him from it. Years went by, and life went on. Maynard earned a PhD in quantum physics, minoring in philosophy from MIT. He was forty-three, married and living in Cambridge, Massachusetts and his world seemed to be spiraling out of control. For the past twenty years his internal thoughts had been waging war with every exterior source of knowledge that he’d been introduced to during his studies. In both his professional and his personal life Maynard felt like an imposter. He was losing touch with everything that had ever mattered to him, which now included an estranged wife and two children of his own. When he took an honest look back at his life, he realized that the day he said goodbye to Uncle Neil was the day that he had stopped considering the unlimited possibilities of life and had started instead to imagine only the limitations.

Maynard knew that it was time to return to Shellman Bluff. He’d concluded that the only way he could untangle the mess he’d made of things was to return to his uncle’s laboratory to see for himself if the man he knew as Uncle Neil was legitimately insane or simply misunderstood by society. He had no idea whether his uncle was alive or dead, but he knew this journey was likely to change his long-held perceptions about everything and everyone. Against all opposition and inquisition, Maynard leaves Cambridge and heads for Shellman Bluff and his uncle’s home in the marsh. What he discovers there is so far outside the boundaries of his previous experience that it makes him not only question his own sanity, but it leads him down a pathway and into an alternative reality from which he may never return.

Film Journey, New Day, Fresh Start

Nine Months of Positive Growth

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Before I delve into the future, or even the present for that matter, I thought I should revisit the recent past. When I started my studies at the Savannah College of Art and Design on September 11 of last year, I was confident that I could publish regular updates to this blog while also being enrolled in three courses per quarter at the college. I knew that the blog would have to take a backseat to my education at SCAD, but I thought that I could accomplish both tasks simultaneously, as long as I kept my primary focus on the coursework. Within the first couple weeks of classes I realized that it would take all of my creative energies and my undivided focus just to reserve ample head space for the learning curve that would be required for my academic success. Was the past statement wordy? Yes. In short form, it reads more like this – I had to abandon my blog posts temporarily and adopt a new outlet for creative expression, namely the Film and Television Program at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

I feel extremely fortunate to be enrolled as a graduate student at the Savannah College of Art and Design! I’ve completed my first year of studies in the MFA Film and Television Program with a focus on Directing and Experimental Filmmaking. My current unofficial GPA – 3.66. I could never have made it this far without the incredible support of friends and family who have generously invested in my success! Thank you all, I truly appreciate your help!

Now, I’ll move on to a more comprehensive and detailed description of my experiences over the past nine months at SCAD. For readers who are satisfied with the big picture as I’ve already described it, this would be a good place to click your way to some other worthy story on the vast dataspace of the world wide web. Thank you kindly for visiting the “Grand Providentia United” blog site!

These photos were taken the first time I toured the Backlot at SCAD (September 2023). This is a partial view of Phase 1 of the Backlot project. Phase 2 is currently being built and construction on Phase 3, the final phase (likely to be completed after I graduate in the spring of 2025) has already begun. It’s an exciting time to be learning film production at the Savannah College of Art and Design!

As a sexagenarian and someone who had not been in the role of student at college for more than twenty years, I was quite self-conscious about my age while attending the first few weeks of class at SCAD. My classmates were all at least twenty years younger than me and most of them were obviously well ahead of me in terms of their technological proficiencies and knowledge concerned with the art of filmmaking. This self-consciousness was expected, in truth it had been nagging at me since I made the decision to apply to the program in February of 2022. In the lead-up to the first quarter of classes, I spent many an hour during sleepless nights worrying about my ability to make the grade and ultimately graduate with an MFA in Film. Throughout the first two quarters of classes, a nagging uncertainty dogged me day and night. I badgered myself with constant internal questions: Was I up to the challenge of graduate level studies at my age? Was I delusional, thinking that I could keep up with the academic demands and ultimately make the grade? Was the dream of becoming an independent filmmaker beyond my creative reach? All these questions, and many others, came to a climax at the beginning of the second quarter when I realized how much work was required to make it through just two of the three classes, I’d registered for during the winter session. Toward the end of January, I was so worried about the amount of course work in front of me, that I had an experience that I can only describe as a panic attack brought on by a massive wave of the imposter syndrome. Thankfully, a classmate (a new friend) was there to provide a more positive perspective on my circumstances. He advised me to stop looking at the whole staircase and focus on one step at a time. As soon as he gave me the advice, I realized that it was the same advice that I would have given to someone else if the roles were reversed. This snapped me out of my spiral thinking almost immediately, and once I had returned my focus to the work at hand rather than wasting energy on what-ifs and worries about inadequacies, I was able to prioritize the course work and finish the quarter on a high note. Even more importantly, I was able to relax and do my best work in the third and final quarter of my first academic year in the MFA program at SCAD.

From the 26th Annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival, October 21-28, 2023. What an exciting event it was, albeit a little overstimulating for me, considering that it took place during my first quarter of studies!

Graduate studies at SCAD are said to be comprehensive and fast paced no matter what creative discipline or area of focus you are there to study. In my opinion, that comprehensiveness and learning pace demonstrates that they are adequately earning their tuition fees, and this educational strategy on its own, effectively and continually grows their reputation as one of the top art colleges in the world. One of the things that I’ve come to recognize after finishing my first year at the college, is that I would right now be feeling disappointed and less accomplished had the last nine months been intellectually easy on me. As a result of my struggles, I experience growth, physically, spiritually and intellectually. The way I see it, my first year at SCAD was a great success!

Various BTS photos – Muta, Samantha, Ian, Ved, Eric and Scott
Left to Right – Will – Skeleton King vs. Timber Rattler – Scott, Lilly, Damian – Damian – Ved
Images above are behind the scenes photos taken on set of Father Nature. Photography by Kris Patel.

Father Nature was the first time I directed a film with a team of talented filmmakers. I wrote the script during December of 2023 and captured the principal photography in February of 24. I edited the film over the course of the Spring quarter, adding sound as I learned the process in Sound Design for Film and Television. There are certain aspects of the film that I am still not satisfied with, but I decided it was time to put it to rest and move on to the next big idea. Something I’ve practiced throughout a lifetime of creating art – know when to say the work is finished.

This short film is a proof-of-concept. I was planning to further explore the concept for my thesis project. I decided at the last moment (during the Graduate Review Meeting) to leave further exploration of Father Nature until after graduation. The thesis will instead be a short film introducing the “Grand Providentia Projections”.

Over the course of the spring quarter, I decided how I wanted to proceed with my education and the remainder of my creative journey. I enrolled in a class called Experimental Film and there I found an enormous amount of inspiration. One of the driving forces behind my decision to apply to SCAD was inspired by the work of the surrealist filmmaker David Lynch. After taking this course I decided to lean into the surreal – gravitate toward the supernatural – run straight into the horror – experiment with science fiction – and dream a fantastic dream. I want to make films that make people wonder.

This is a surreal short film I produced in my Experimental Film class at the Savannah College of Art and Design. As I remember, I was given three weeks to complete the film.

“The Green Blind Man”

The human eye can distinguish between several million shades of green – more than any other color.

Living in Presence

An Abstract Theory of Intentional Time Travel #1

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Chapter 1 – Traveling into the past and back home again.

All of our memories about the past, at least the ones that are still available to us, can be recalled audibly and replayed visually within our minds, but only to the extent and accuracy that our minds will allow us to remember them. All of our memories have been colored by our personal perspectives, preferences, and the emotions we were feeling at the time the memory was stored. It seems to me that excessively painful, or exceedingly pleasurable, memories take longer to fade, but they are also more likely to be distorted by the emotions we were feeling when we experienced the actual event. Another person who was present and experienced the same event may have an entirely different recollection of what happened. In my opinion, that is one of the most wonderful things about memories – they are not an objective portrayal of the event, but instead they are mental constructs – reenactments that have been specifically designed to help each of us process our life experiences in the most effective way possible. If we learn to seek insight through the painful memories and then willfully release them, knowing that we have gained all the potential for understanding locked in those memories, we can set ourselves free from the pain of our past and bring ourselves closer to being present in the current moment. On the other hand, we can choose to nurture and hold on to the memories that bring us joy and remind each of us of who we truly are. We can learn to archive and selectively preserve memories that serve us well whether they are painful or pleasurable but grounding ourselves in the present moment is the key to using our memories for intentional time travel.

“An Object in Motion”

This is the first chapter of a three-part series describing An Abstract Theory of Intentional Time Travel. Skeptics, cynics and critics, feel free to speak your minds. These thoughts were brought to you by the collective consciousness of humankind.

Update: I’ve added a second film to my YouTube channel. It’s a promotional film about the “Return to Hope” bronze sculpture that I recently repatined and put up for sale. Here is the link in case you’re interested – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyS4elkdsyg&t=46s

Living in Presence

An Abstract Theory of Intentional Time Travel #2

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Chapter 2 – The time is now ~ ad infinitum.

Traditionally, concepts of time travel seem to be centered around movement of a physical form, namely the human body, from one specific moment to another along a timeline. The timeline imagined may include multiple dimensions, but more often than not, the concept is simplified by its adherence to a widely accepted belief that there is only one timeline, the timeline of our shared human history. The most common imaginings of time machines have included dials and switches that allow the time traveler to select a specific time, either in the past or the future, that they would like to move their physical form to within the time-space continuum. Usually, this movement cannot technically be equated to movement at all, considering the fact that the time traveler is consistently imagined as arriving at another point along the timeline in the exact same location as they were when they initiated the travel sequence. At this moment in time, I invite you to imagine a whole new theory of time travel – one that is as simplistic and realistic as it is complicated and extraordinary. Based on the concept of a continuous now, this new theory of time travel is available to every human being who is willing to explore the connection between our conscious awareness and what happens next on the timeline of our individual and collective life experiences.

There was a time in my childhood when I thought this was a magic river. Every time I visited its banks, I would be filled with giddy anticipation as to what color the water would be this time. As I matured, I realized that the colors were waste dyes from the textile mill upstream. I revisited this river when I was shooting scenes for the film “Return to Hope”. While shooting this photo, I remember feeling both saddened and hopeful simultaneously. It made me sad to see all of the rubbish thrown in the water over the years, but also hopeful, noticing that nature was reclaiming the river itself – restoring the quality of the water and reviving the abundance of life that inhabited these waters before they were polluted by the irresponsible acts of a few misguided individuals.

In this moment of now, a moment that we are all experiencing simultaneously, yet experiencing it in as many different ways as there are human beings on the planet, there is a constant and undeniable movement of energies. We are each perceiving these constantly moving energies from our own limited perspective and through the limited capabilities of our five senses. If we allow ourselves to be adventurous enough to include a sixth sense, that of our conscious awareness, we immediately broaden our perspective, and we effectively open our third eye to the true nature of the energies in motion during each and every moment of now. When we witness these energies in motion, and we recognize that we are indeed traveling with time itself, then each moment of our lives becomes much more meaningful. If we learn how to read the energies we are experiencing as we move from the past into the future within the moment of now, then we can more accurately predict what is going to happen next on our timeline. As the moments pass, while we are retaining a conscious connection with the energies in motion, and we also remain present and aware, it becomes apparent that we are traveling through time involuntarily, and we always have been. With our new understanding of the abstract theory of time travel embraced, it becomes so much easier to relax and enjoy the ride.

This contemporary philosopher, William MacAskill, penned a decidedly positive prediction about what our collective future has in store for us. I truly enjoyed the book because it was helpful in relieving basic fears about our tendency to destroy more than we preserve.

I am sincerely grateful that you’ve taken the time to read this online journal. Thank you for being here in the moment of now!