A Mini-Play: Ipso Facto

3-Act Play in 12 Lines

Jack: “Speaking of Einstein, I’ve been brushing up on him.”

Jill: “Relativity, quantum mechanics, nuclear fission, good for you, Jack.”

Jack: “No, not that stuff. His musings. Like his ‘Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one’?”

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Jill: “Interesting. What do you think it means?”

Jack: “We each see the world through our own lens, our own reality. Ipso facto, we all experience it differently. … What do you think it means?”

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Jill: “Building on your thoughts, I think it means we potentially have the power, individually and collectively, to change our so-called reality.”

Jack: “But, will we, before it’s too late? That’s the Question.”

Jill: “I hope, beyond hope, we do, but in reality I sometimes fear it’s not in us.”

Jack: “In which sometimes-reality is that, pal?”

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