IDLE THOUGHTS LOOKING AT TREES.
Branches are stretching out into the sky searching; leaves are hanging in air, grasping for an elusive something, light. Roots are tunneling blindly through the soil, mining chemicals in minute deposits, patiently searching for life-giving water. They are growing so they need ever more of these scarce resources, struggling, clinging to life, only to be knocked down by snow, wind, ice, lightning, disease, any one of innumerable agents.
Why struggle? Why life? What good is it? The tree must know for it continues the struggle unabated. You and I seemingly must know for we also continue our struggle!
The earth endlessly circling the sun is interesting physics, but the tree growing from virtually nothing to tremendous size, is life, overwhelming purposeful without a seeming purpose, the life spirit, the endless fight to temporarily reverse entropy.
The tree builds order out of chaos, organizes minerals, water, air, light into a structured whole, if only temporarily. The human body also builds order out of chaos, organizes minerals, water, air, light if only temporarily. In addition the human mind also builds order out of chaos, organizes forces and thoughts into a structured whole, a culture, if only temporarily.
The principle is the same, reverse entropy; only the degree of complexity is different. The common factor is life; the difference, again, is only a matter of complexity. Maybe the degree of complexity arises through mobility. If a tree could walk, could it eventually develope a culture?
Honor all temporary, entropy reversing entities.
---------------WATERY WEDNESDAY #23
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The setting October sun glowing through condensation on a plant room window
6 comments:
very interesting abstract. love the colors!
Almost looks like wood grain. There's even a knot! Very interesting photo.
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Love this photo, great shot.
Intersting post and great shots. That last one is wonderful.
This is all about light and texture!!
You have a wonderful eye, to be able to see the photographs before you take them!!
It's all an incredible miracle, isn't it? Your words resonate deeply...and your photographs mirror your thoughts to perfection. Beautiful post, as always! :~)
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