The way of imagination

High Noon.   Many movies that belong to the genre of “Westerns” include a climactic scene where the hero and the villain agree to meet in the street at “high noon” in order to fight to the death and thus settle their differences.   The scene usually begins with a camera shot of the entire length of the street, empty except for a ball of tumbleweed rolling by in the breeze.   The sun blazes down as first the hero, then the villain emerge from buildings on opposite sides of the thoroughfare.   They slowly make their way to the middle of the street as the residents of the town nervously peek out of their windows in order to take in the action.   Once in position, the evil murderer and the brave cowboy stare each other down across the yards of dusty ground between them.   Their hands float in the air, poised above the pistols holstered at their waists.   Beads of sweat emerge on their foreheads as their faces tense with the pressure.   Who will...