Well, try this on for size. (And let's see if my attempts to translate into English make any sense.)
The past exists, in a set pattern. It's what the Askani call the past-that-stands, and even if you meddle with it, like they're currently doing with theirs, it's still already happened. What is, is.
But there's also the past-that-flows. Okay. Bad translation. The past that's perceived, I suppose that's a better way to put it. It's constantly open to amendment, and has no set pattern. Its most significant characteristic is that it is in flux.
The two pasts coexist. There are places they intersect, and places they don't, and you can't have one without the other. What's more, they both have unique yet complementary influences on the developing future. What actually happened shapes events, but what we think happened shapes them just as profoundly. More so, at times.
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Date: 2005-05-25 10:04 pm (UTC)The past exists, in a set pattern. It's what the Askani call the past-that-stands, and even if you meddle with it, like they're currently doing with theirs, it's still already happened. What is, is.
But there's also the past-that-flows. Okay. Bad translation. The past that's perceived, I suppose that's a better way to put it. It's constantly open to amendment, and has no set pattern. Its most significant characteristic is that it is in flux.
The two pasts coexist. There are places they intersect, and places they don't, and you can't have one without the other. What's more, they both have unique yet complementary influences on the developing future. What actually happened shapes events, but what we think happened shapes them just as profoundly. More so, at times.