Samantha Green

“Surprise!” God implies. Our lives take a sharp turn in moments of the absurd. You opened a window, and a hummingbird flew in. You took a left turn and met your new best friend. Your life was spared when you walked through a door, not realizing it was there. Everything, everything, a calculated accident, something kept hidden from perceptual faculties, a Nothingness, God, the creation of surprise splitting masculine and feminine to what was, what is, and ever shall be …in a

We tend to think creation comes from effort or imagination, but sometimes something simply arrives. Not built, not planned, but maybe recognized by accident. When action and possibility meet at the right intensity, a third energy emerges. It feels like a mistake, yet precise, like noticing something that was always there. Maybe serendipity isn’t luck at all, but what happens when we allow ourselves to meet fully in both.

“What is 2 + 2?” Winston turned the electrical machine on. The dial was all the way down. The woman giggled, “What would you like me to...