This was wonderfully unsettling. The bureaucratic treatment of time travel, paired with the dry humor and the recurring meeting minutes, made the paradoxes feel both absurd and deeply human. The ending lingers long after the last line. Do you see this as a closed loop, or is there still a way for Merton to break the cycle?
Many thanks for your comment... great question ... perhaps the closed loop is more unsettling. It has the feel of sisyphus about it ... again, THANK YOU for taking the time to comment - Alan /|\
This was wonderfully unsettling. The bureaucratic treatment of time travel, paired with the dry humor and the recurring meeting minutes, made the paradoxes feel both absurd and deeply human. The ending lingers long after the last line. Do you see this as a closed loop, or is there still a way for Merton to break the cycle?
Many thanks for your comment... great question ... perhaps the closed loop is more unsettling. It has the feel of sisyphus about it ... again, THANK YOU for taking the time to comment - Alan /|\
Thank you, Alan, for the thoughtful response.