Transit of Venus
Heliocentric VII
2 min readMar 28, 2019
He found reading something of substance similar to the art of meditation, a focus, a mantra of sorts that funneled his runaway thoughts and allowed his involvement with the world to slide by.
He was reading a book while on the subway, deeply engrossed in the story of two astronomers charting the transit of Venus — a rare event occurring when the planet passes between the earth and…