For Kurt, life was a self-referential paradox; he never stopped examining its mystery or searching for the key to its understanding. This story written in 1982 is the first in a series featuring the character Norman Akaya, a play on Nirmanakaya, what Buddhists call the Form Body of the Buddha (one of the three Kayas, along with Dharmakaya and Sambhogakāya), what we conventionally call the appearance of reality. More to follow.
