Simply put…
Pool, in its essence, is not merely the gathering of spheres upon a slate plane, nor the act of their directed motion by means of an extended implement. It is, rather, the unfolding of Being within the interplay of trajectory and intent, where the human essence as the one who aims and strikes is revealed. The cue, as an extension of Dasein’s will, discloses the potentiality-for-action, while the balls, as beings unto themselves, are both resistance and possibility. In the convergence of lines, angles, and velocities, there resides a clearing, a space where the hidden truths of precision and error unconceal themselves. Pool is thus not a game, but a way in which Being comes into play.
