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Ethos and imagination - by Henrik Karlsson

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Milk Drop Coronet, an ultra-high-speed photograph of the splash of a drop of milk, Harold Edgerton, 1957

Milk Drop Coronet, an ultra-high-speed photograph of the splash of a drop of milk, Harold Edgerton, 1957 1. When I was in my twenties, thinking about what to do with my life, nothing (within reach) felt meaningful: I felt alienated, bored, and millennially troubled by every line of work I encountered or knew of. This was a lack of imagination on my side—I’ve known that for a while now. But I had a few experiences recently that made me realize just how very very much imagination I lacked, and still lack. The main thing happened last July as I was in the South Harbor waiting for a man who…

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