The Bridge — A Story in Motion

Published

November 11, 2026

So, this experiment draws to an end.

I feel like I owe my friends, and perhaps those of you who don’t know me, a little explanation.

The Bridge began as a bit of prose I wrote several years ago, during a time of turmoil, of wars and rumors of wars, as we read in the scriptures. The war in Ukraine was underway, and there was so much demonizing of our opponents. And that still goes on today.

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I’m 67, heading toward 68. Not the oldest crayon in the box, but I’m getting there. A little whittled down, the paper peeled back, and the tip worn from use.

And I’ve seen this over and over again, as anybody who’s been around a while has. The world goes through periods of relative sanity, when we’re all busy with our everyday lives. Then suddenly the war drums start beating again, and with them comes the hatred and intolerance. It’s distressing.

Now, I’m a guy who’s too darn wordy for his own good. But I think in pictures. And when I recently revived my website, I came across that old piece of prose and wanted to do something with it.

You see, I find it almost incomprehensible that human beings, with all our intelligence, our values, our spirituality and ethics, still resort to killing one another. Life itself is such a miracle. The fact that we exist at all is a miracle.

War may sometimes be necessary, but I think it’s a failing of our humanity when we have to resort to it.

I’m getting older, I’ve had my health scares, and I’m nearer the end of my road than the beginning. I suppose I just wanted to share a little of what I’ve seen and perhaps cause one person to pause and think. It is me adding a drop of water to the ocean.

So the animation has arrows, flames, and implied violence. A person I know saw that without reading the attached prose and had an understandable response. But the intent is not to glorify war. Quite the opposite.

And now it’s grown about as much as it’s going to grow.

I share it with you in the hope that at least one out of a million people – well, it would be great if a million people watched it, so one out of the 82 people who watch it will get it.

And that’s it.