Actuality is when the lighthouse is dark between flashes: it is the instant between the ticks of the watch: it is a void interval slipping forever through time: the rupture between past and future: the gap at the poles of the revolving magnetic field, infinitesimally small but ultimately real. It is the interchronic pause when nothing is happening. It is the void between events.George Kubler
About This Quote
In the quote, the author is using an odd term to describe a specific phenomenon. The term he uses, “actuality,” is a word that has been used in philosophy from Ancient Greece to Modern times. Its meaning varies depending on where it is used and who defines it. Ultimately, what the author means is “the void between events.” He uses this phrase because he wants to illustrate a point about how nothing can happen until something else happens.
For example, when a person watches a movie, the very first thing that happens is that the movie starts playing. The second thing that happens is that the movie begins to end. If nothing else was going on in the world at that time, there would be no movie playing.
There would simply be no event that could be called “movie playing” or “movie ending” because there would be no “movie” to play out.
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