A Zoomologists tale… From up here, Jim could see for miles. In fact, as the cliche goes, he could exclaim,…
The Blind Men And The Elephant (poem)
This ancient parable of the blind men and an elephant is pure Zoom-Out. There have been subtle variations of the parable over…
BLAKE AS ZOOMOLOGIST
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the…
This Is Water
“This Is Water” is pure Zoom-Out. It is the title given to a commencement speech (and later a derived written publication)…
Cosmic Soup
Cosmic Soup Cosmic soup did come from a tin, A tiny, teeny, tiny tin. And before that tin, there was…
Art as Zoom-Out
Maria Popova (Brain Pickings) on art as Zoom-Out: “[Art] unsettles us awake, disrupts our deadening routines, enlarges our reservoir of…
Sandsend
Sandsend Oceans new beat oceans past. Across the seas of moments lost. Walk with me in the here and now.…
HENDRIX AS ZOOMOLOGIST
The story of life is quicker Than the wink of an eye The story of love is hello and goodbye…
Peering at the inner workings of the universe
This is a modification of the Flammarion wood engraving by an unknown artist. It is referred to as the Flammarion…
Art of the Underground
The London Underground (rail network, aka Tube) is a source of dread and daily misery. However, it’s full of beauty…
Not Waving but Drowning
Not Waving but Drowning Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning: I was much further out…
The Perfect Map
What is the single greatest source of missed opportunity, frustration, anxiety and stress? Here, we explore this through the power…
Bill Hicks Zoom-Out – It’s Just a Ride
I was recommending some comedians to a friend the other day. As well as being entertaining, comedians are natural perspective-shifters…
Tame the “Golden-eyed monster”
As humans we are endowed with an incredible power. One that we all too often take for granted. The power itself…
OMENS
This was the sight that greeted me each morning as I emerged from Waterloo Station, London, during 2016 when I was…
SELF PITY
Self-Pity I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough…
The Doors of Perspective
The Doors of Perception is a philosophical essay, released as a book, by Aldous Huxley. First published in 1954, it details…
Dog head
How many times have you thought someone was a low-down, rotten ‘dog’? Was their ‘dogginess’ purely a result of your…
Fish head
An amusing photo, capturing an instant in time, where the environment, a person and the viewer combine in a very…
What do you see?
What do you see in this painting of a rhino painting? One interpretation is that the rhino doesn’t realise that…
Escher stairs
Relativity MC Escher July 1953 Lithograph 27.7×29.2cm
Fear of Falling
Ever had an overwhelming feeling of falling or a fear of falling? Later, looking back, realising it was just…
The Time Machine
The Time Machine is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 and written as a frame narrative. The work is generally…
Solomon Grundy
Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy, Born on a Monday, Christened on Tuesday, Married on Wednesday, Took ill on Thursday, Grew worse…
WISHES OF AN ELDERLY MAN
Wishes of an Elderly Man I wish I loved the Human Race; I wish I loved its silly face; I…
Freeing yourself from heavy perspectives
Some perspectives are really heavy. The more we attach to them, the more they weigh us down and hold us…