idea and reality - Ikaros

one example of mind shattered by matter - trying to fly high, but too close to the sun, the spender of 'good' and the material wings melt, causing precipice. [caught at last by gravity] intention diverging from situation in the moment.

there is a beautiful song that i've found to this at YouTube:
Stereolab - "Fluorescences"


another example, a long treaty with many interesting aspects The Ideal City


[on the positive end, there's the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by the late Douglas Adams with its very own special entry on flying....]