I think the Note is the frequency of hydrogen in radio astronomy. All matter, including ourselves and everything we make using it, arose from hydrogen atoms, which can also be fused in a thermonuclear explosion. "The note that began all can also destroy."
It brings in ideas like the Music of the Spheres and the concept in various religions that reality is in some way written.
Does the image of the child flying by in a star perhaps refer to Dave Bowman's return to Earth at the end of "2001: A Space Odyssey"?
I think the Note is the frequency of hydrogen in radio astronomy. All matter, including ourselves and everything we make using it, arose from hydrogen atoms, which can also be fused in a thermonuclear explosion. "The note that began all can also destroy."
It brings in ideas like the Music of the Spheres and the concept in various religions that reality is in some way written.
Does the image of the child flying by in a star perhaps refer to Dave Bowman's return to Earth at the end of "2001: A Space Odyssey"?