Can dead and alive occur simultaneously? The conventional answer based on science would be no, dead and alive are mutually incompatible states. Death wouldn’t exist without life, and life would need redefinition without death. Death is the final and inevitable consequence of life.
However, stories in my upcoming book, Notes Going Underground, explore the porous barrier between life and death…
Several weeks ago I went to the Avalon Theater in DC to see three silent movies – classics from an earlier era – accompanied by live music of the earlier times played by The Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra. The event recreated an evening in the 1920’s. What an unexpected thrilling evening! We saw Habeus Corpus (1928) starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, The Adventurer (1917) starring a very young Charlie Chaplin, and One Week (1920), an early masterpiece starring Buster Keaton. ... These masters were actors, yes, but also acrobats, and artists, reminding me that the beginning stages of new endeavors are far from being primitive.
