SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN...
I found this computer generated snapshot of the sun's magnetic field while researching that big ball that emits the thing that we changed our clocks to save.
What got me going was that I recently heard somewhere that the sun's magnetic field has increased by 230%!
Of course now that I go to verify it I can find neither the bookmark, the scrap of paper nor the friend who told me this astounding fact. But what I can find is bucketloads of information on activity and changes on the sun. Solar flares, magnetic fields, sun spots, solar wind, conversion of gasses, cycles and flare ups and unexplained phenomenon galore.
Doesn't it seem that even small slow changes in such a big thing as the sun might be kind of consequential?
What really blows my mind is that the sun, which seems so constant, is not constant at all! So now when I am sometimes not constant, perhaps I will give myself a break and say well, I am like the sun!
I used to think that we should solve our problems here on earth before we bothered with space. But I don't see it that way at all anymore. Something has shifted in me and I see myself much more as a galactic being than an earthling.
More and more I am interested in the astro-logical. That is the logic of the sky. Our spiral galaxy echoing the spiral of our DNA. As above, so below. And vice-versa. I am done with linear logic. Just because the sun looks like it is shining ever steadily doesn't mean we should not look more closely, and then go outside, shut our eyes and enjoy being kissed by a star.
