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 Portland State University

July 13, 4321

Imagine a world where space is disproportional. One moment, a car driving down a gravel road may appear to be life-size (we cannot use the term "normal" for there is no such thing), and in the next second, it appears miniature like the tiny ant that crosses the road. The gravel emerges rapidly into immense boulders only to be dodged by the miniscule ant that leaves no tracks behind. The aptitude of these changes are so unpredictable and inexplicable that no one searches for reason. Instead they simply comply to these road hazards, or what have you, for this is everyday life.
   In this world, one must always keep a watchful eye. While a person may be walking down a long corridor, the sculptures from the ceiling may bend down further and further until their hands can be felt stroking one‚s hair. To that person, the ceiling is the object changing size and gathering up more space, when in fact both objects within the vicinity are expanding or minimizing in accordance to each other. This type of disproportional space acts like a fine-tuned balancing scale, only evenly balanced for a matter of seconds before swaying back and forth into unimaginable proportions opposite of anothers perception.
   As amusing as this may sound, the thought of a stationary three-dimensional space is absurd and despicable to those who live in this other world. A man small in stature will never know what it feels like to tower over his enemies. A woman bearing a child will only get fatter and fatter until one day she explodes. A child will never know the joyful experience of climbing to the top of a slide and diving head-first into the diminutive world that awaits him below. The CEO of a top executive company will always sit in the corner office of the sky-scraper, overlooking the vast expanse of a city that can be his with the click of a mouse, while the homeless man on the corner asks for only a few pennies.
   While small joys like these only occur in a matter of seconds, everybody receives the same experience over and over. Nobody rises above anybody else, and the chaos is taken in stride. People here have the capacity to tolerate the surprises the inconsistent space offers, for nothing will ever be the same. People here help each other out and take the time to enjoy the largeness of life, while those who are selfish and lazy will never prosper. The uncertain people hide under the boulder when the world is too big to handle, instead of dodging those tiny pebbles and speed down the long road of life in a car the size of a semi-truck.