This is how it begins.
Eternity, being incomprehensible to laity-at-large; human
events are understood in terms of finite beginnings and endings.
This is how it begins: a bass drum kick; or ethereal
keyboards, starting hazy and coming into focus; or an off-kilter organ riff; or
effect-laden guitar leads backed by plaintively strummed acoustics.
This is also how it begins: with high inside heat; with a
called strike on the outside corner; or with a sharply-lined single up the
middle; or with a sixteen-hop worm burner.
Alternatively, it begins with: a long tracking shot; or a
tight close-up; or a wide-angle landscape view; or, unoriginally, with rolling
opening credits.
It could also begin with: a breath; or a single step –
possibly even a leap; or a glance; or a lump in the throat.
This is how it begins: with a birthing cry; or the germ of an
idea; or with fever, aches and pains.
This, too, is how it begins: with organic matter bombarding
the atmosphere and interacting with water; or with rapidly expanding sub-atomic
particles; or with the Word; or words.
This is how it begins. What comes next is the tricky part.
