Imagining Futures at the Zoo

Look! Squirrel! #62

Commentary

We often suffer from futures that haven’t happened. The mind mistakes constant preparation for safety, while creating anxiety about events that exist only in imagination.

The squirrel has created an absurd emergency operations center while the enormous gorilla, the only actual potential danger, is peacefully doing nothing. The Flower Capybara reframes the issue with a single gentle question.

Question: When have I missed what was happening in front of me by focusing on possible future events?