Sounds
in the brain, then, are virtual sounds. They have no loudness because
sound’s amplitude
and frequencies exist in the three-dimensional outer world, in the air,
where vibrations occur.
That was
the initial reason why the voice in my head intoning “Why are
you doing this?” was so alarming. It was distinctly louder and more resonant
than my own internal voice. Simply put, it was not my voice; it did not generate
from my brain at all. Yet, it was not a sound wave that could be heard by anyone
else in proximity to me. This question,
put to me loudly and without modulation, was an immaterial verbal projection.
What we call telepathy. Without
inflection the question was open to several interpretations: “Why are you doing this?” or, “Why are you doing this?” or, “Why
are you doing this?” or, “Why are you doing this?” In my
fractured state of mind, I took the question to be the last choice.
My idiosyncratic translation was: “After all that you have learned in these
past days, why do you continue in the same state?” More specifically: What
individual fulfillment do you expect to achieve through dabbling with the personal
creativity of another consciousness? I really
didn’t want to be questioned or judged on this subject. I was
professionally committed to adapt Howard’s story to panel form, I had made
a promise, and that, as they say, was that.
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