Jeffrey Dreyer:  

Sometimes, while cruising down the highways of life, I observe my internal dialogue asking questions of me. This usually happens at the more monotonous moments. Questions ,it seems to me, fall into 2 categories. Rhetorical and Concise. Of those two, rhetorical questions are really not questions at all. They are statements. The question is the answer. Of concise questions, it seems they fall into 3 categories. The Known. The Unknown. And the Unknowable. It is usually in the Unknowable that I find myself swimming. Let's by-pass the Known questions for a moment, as they are almost the same as rhetorical. Why do dogs bark? Why did that frog jump into the pond as I passed by? Why is the sky blue? Easy stuff. But they are asked anyway. Anything to keep the internal dialogue going. To stay grounded. To keep the illusion of "I" from disappearing. The answers to the Unknown are out there. Usually, by shutting down the internal dialogue, they worm their way in. How is it that I perceive this objec...Expand for more