Behind the illusion is not an ever-elusive reality, but nothing. Yet, this nothing is not nothing, as it were. It is not the void, rest, or cessation of movement. It is a massively restless nothing, shaped by our fear, notably our timor mortis, our fearful sickness unto death. For in truth, it is the beginning of an end. Each single moment is the beginning of an end. And death is the mother of beauty, mystical, most musical. There is no final reconciliation and no final peace. This is why we are restless and scared. But this is also why someone like Bowie, without finding false solace in sham Gods, can go on asking questions, go on making, go on constantly surprising and delighting: today, and the next day, and another day.