spikenard

In the beginning there was nothing. Then there was almost nothing. This happened to nothing because it was the beginning. As it was the beginning, nothing had started to grow old, nothing had started to harden and it hardened into little pieces of almost nothing. Nothing had started to curdle, mould, and crust. Now almost nothing was absolutely everything there was. As almost nothing was absolutely everything, it is difficult to say whether there was a lot of it or only a little. Almost nothing is the same as almost something.

In the beginning there was everything. Then there was a little less. This happened to everything because it was the beginning. As it was the beginning, everything had started to turn inside out into bubbles of almost something. The bubbles of almost something had a sharp acid action on everything. They burned and corroded, breaking everything down into gas and ash. Now breaking gas and ash down into light, light into fading and fading into dark, dark into almost nothing. Almost something is the same as almost nothing.

In the beginning there was no beginning. Then there was only myth. There could not have been any beginning at the beginning because a beginning is an event within time. To be an event within time means to have a before and after the event. This means that there’s always a beginning before the beginning and the beginning is therefore never the beginning. The beginning is only the myth of beginning. The mythic beginning is the arrest, the interdiction, and discredition of all previous beginnings. To begin is to end beginnings. To start is to stop. There has been no beginning. Therefore the beginning can now take place. Now.