Remember the Clue (23) – Satire

Satire is one of the highest art forms.

Walking a Path

I saw a spider on the sidewalk and walked around it. For a brief moment our paths crossed, and in all probability that will be the only time I ever directly encounter that particular spider.

How would my life be different if this spider had not been at that time and place? Most people don’t ever think about encounters like this, but it is impossible to know that the spider will have no effect on my life. Perhaps twenty years from now I’ll think of this situation again, or perhaps it will never come up again. But the fact that I’m writing this post means the spider had a nonzero impact on my life. And in general I tend to think that there is no such thing as a completely inconsequential encounter–even when simply walking down the street.