It occurred to me, although I have 20 or so posts, that I never explained why the description in the header for the blog, is ‘epiphany from cacophony’. They seem to be at odds, and certainly unable to work together:

Epiphany– a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.

Cacophony–a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds.

At first glance, it does appear these two concepts are at odds with each other; especially to gain an insight from chaos.

But this is how life works.

Life is chaotic. Religiously, the fall and sin is to blame. Non-religiously, life seems to have no rhyme or reason at times. We are pulled constantly from one thing to another in this techno-age, and randomness is valued like a Rembrandt.

My goal, is to tap the random string of things, religiously, in nature, and elsewhere, and connect them to us. For explanation, for demonstration, and for postulation.

The cacophony of life has an order to it, just as a surreal, 20th century atonal mess can turn into something…well, musical…I intend to occasionally pause the chaos, grab hold of that bad boy, and ride it into town wearing a tuxedo!

After all, Newton decided to nail down gravitational principles because an apple hit him in the head.  The microwave was invented because someone got their candy bar a little too close to a science experiment, and the infamous enigma machine of spy lore was cracked. Granted, the cracker cracked. I hope not to crack as I delve into the enigma of being; I instead hope to bring a poetic eye, a prose flair, and religious inquisition into the world around me. I hope to gain an epiphany from the cacophony around me.