If you
had been sitting at that café a century ago, your friend may
have upturned her almost empty cup atop its saucer and together
you would have found patterns of coffee grounds forming symbols
that could serve as the guideposts to insight. A few decades
ago your friend might pour you another
cup and look to the bubbles that formed at its lip,
applying the meaning found there to your specific circumstance.
But it is not a century past or even a few decades. Today
outside that noisy café you and your friend will talk until the
sounds of your voices crowd your intuition into silence. |