The search for a connection between an old office chair, forgotten and abandoned in a dull office on a day when no one is inside its dusty walls, and a hot air balloon in the shape of an iron floating quietly through the air on a sunny June day, raises questions for the most seasoned thinker about the nature of our desire to place unrelated objects in a larger narrative where no story or connection can really be found. Yet we bravely persevere, by involving different dimensions of existence: physics, social dynamics, and philosophical reflection.