A Little More Whiteness, Please

[Dave Meury]

Paul wrote:
> rather that Whiteness is the Eternal Idea of Eternal Ideas. That which
> exists before Matter (along with consequent Conception, Birth, Death, 
Sin,
> et al) comes into being. Don't know how I came on this (less than 
eternal)
> idea. Just popped into my head.

Reminds me of someone else's idea (perhaps from some old post on this list) 
regarding the film conceit running through GR.  Without the "stuff" of the 
film, there is only whiteness on the screen and nothing moves, nothing 
"is."  It also reminds me of the Plotinian emanation of existence from the 
brilliant singularity to the differentiated plenitude of creation.  I know, 
the singularity is supposed to be good (though I only know Plotinus second 
hand, and could be off base) but it sounds pretty frightening to me without 
some Slothrop's desk of a world to offset the white nothingness.

"Glory be to God for dappled things."