Palais de la Découverte

But then, as Corso said, a poet needed to earn a living somehow.

At the Palais de la Découverte, the Paris Science Museum, I saw a beautiful object that was used in early optical experiments, investigating light interference and the paradox of the behavior of light as both wave and particle.

This paradox fascinated me, that something could assume opposite forms yet remain what it was.

I was also interested in the writings of Buddhist disciplines, especially Japanese Zen, which spoke of instant enlightenment.