Bruce Menzies* ponders the pain of impermanence as the Nepal/Tibet tragedy unfolds Himalayas. Credit Mauricio Manzato for Unsplash In the hours and days following the recent tragic events in the Himalayas, I scrolled through video clips of the unfolding disaster. A rushing river flooding through a narrow valley, engulfing all that stood in its path. People running, riding, driving, as they attempted to find safety. From vantage points on higher ground, horrified watchers held phones aloft and captured the carnage below.  To mangle the words of Marshall McLuhan, the medium begat the message – a message delivered to those of us in other places, securely glued to our screens. And what was that message? What is that message? Well, perhaps it…