Hi HeraldOfTruth,
Thank you for writing me back. Your perspective is very interesting and one I haven’t seen before. The Wiley work I saw is named “David Lyon”, oil on canvas, 2013. Next time I go to the museum I will really pay attention to the significance. Additionally, if I can send a message to the photography of the future: Please bring to your time the importance of instant film. Let me know if you need more info on that. Thank you in advance. Fascinating picture of a future far from this time perhaps. The way you describe your architecture of your home sounds incredible. To think that it could potentially look like that is very cool. What are your thoughts about Feng Shui? Do you already know what questions I might ask? Would you consider some of your words a type of prophecy or oracle? Have you heard of the Akashic Records? Any information you can share about the Nazca Lines or Stonehenge? What are your thoughts on doppelgängers? Your predictions are intriguing. I always try to keep an open mind. Good Luck!
Of course, I am happy to feed curious minds with knowledge of the future.
Ah yes, an interesting piece. I'm glad that I could give your interest in art another perspective.
I will take that advice to heart and research what is known today to see if anything can be done with the technology. It is admittedly something that has perhaps been overlooked. No thanks are necessary. If anything, I should thank you for providing me with something else to take back to 4283.
Yes, though not many homes are taken quite that far. My grandfather was an engineer and wanted to leave his name on something special, aside from being on a list of countless names that also provided contributions to development. Everyone in 4283 is a productive member of society in their own way, as such it can sometimes be hard for people to feel unique. Those who experience the feeling always find a way to satisfy it.
Feng Shui is an interesting concept, however it was originally an attempt at explaining some very real sciences, those who came up with the idea just had no idea what they were seeing or how to explain it. Some concepts of Feng Shui share a resemblance with things like the golden ratio, and how they appear throughout nature. It is a pseudoscience, however it was originally an attempt at real science, so they did at least notice some very real phenomena that simply baffled them beyond their ability to explain.
I do not know what questions you plan on asking, because I prefer not to use my time machine unless absolutely necessary. One thing you learn on these missions is that there is plenty of time, and no reason to get impatient. I will learn what I need to when I need to as long as I focus on my mission.
My words can be loosely defined as prophecy, though they are not predictions but foretelling's. The differentiation is important as far as language is concerned.
I have heard of the Akashic Records, and think it sounds much like a computer database. Perhaps this is evidence of another traveler supplying future knowledge, in a way less advanced humans would understand. If there is a metaphysical or perhaps quantum collection of all events that occurred in the universe, we have not discovered anything like it.
The Nazca Lines and Stonehenge are widely respected cultural sites, however they no longer exist in 4283, as is the case with quite a few such sites. They are so often attributed with UFO activity and other odd occurrences due to the traffic of time travelers who want to see them in person.
Doppelgangers are relatively common genetically, especially as populations grow. Part of this is due to the human brain applying patterns where they may not exist, and the phenomena of the brain's perception seeming to overwrite reality, such as the famous color-changing dress phenomena. I personally forced my brain to switch from seeing the white dress to the blue, over a period of a few minutes of intense and relentless focus on convincing my brain to change it's perception. Similarly, the human brain can see patterns in faces that make them think two people look similar, and then the more they think it, the more they seem to look alike, even if a different person says the two people in question look nothing alike.
Thank you for your questions and curiosity, it makes my mission here feel like it has more purpose.