Wonder     "O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful     wonderful! and yet again wonderful..."     — Shakespeare, As You Like It, III.2.191-192 Our mind takes a leap when we wonder or when we experience something wonderful. I chose Alex Grey's Wonder showing a girl gazing at the moon as an illustration. Queen Pearl of the night— Leopardi's "Alla Luna", Beethoven's Sonata, Ansel Adams' Moonrise. The moon is a quarter million miles from Earth. How far is the moon from your mind? Surprise— The moon is in your mind! Thus Lu Hsiang-shan declared: "The universe is my mind. My mind is the universe." A Swedish girl drove me home after folk-dancing. I asked her "Can a rock be suspended in air?" Definitely not!" she replied. I pointed to the full moon as she gasped "Oh my god— What's holding it up?" I told her "gravity" but it's still a mystery— This is the cosmic wonder when our mind takes a leap. — Peter Y. Chou     Mountain View, 3-11-2016

Alex Grey (born 11-29-1953) Wonder: Zena Gazing at the Moon (1996) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Moonlight Sonata (1802) Audio Ansel Adams (1902-1984) Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (11-1-1941)