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Ode to a Turbulent Flow
Bigger whorls have little whorls,
That feed on their velocity.
Little whorls have lesser whorls,
And so on, to viscosity.
-Anonymous
Everything in our world interacts with every other thing in some way. Great or small, distant or immediate, these interactions change the way we move, act or think. When combined with an impressionable consciousness, these interactions change who we are, even become a part of us. This is probably the most basic tenet of our lives.
Apply, now, what you know about yourself, to how you perceive others. How has life affected you, molding your view of yourself and the world around you? This is the gift of perspective, of empathy. Through this gift of perspective, we can attempt to understand each other.
We move through the world in little circles of interaction. Touching the orbits of others, here, there. Look at the Big Picture. View this vast dance from outside, and you will discern only chaos. Even chaos can be represented by the right models. Patterns and whorls, without meaning. Broken down into fragments we can work with, we can begin to see patterns. Seen from within, from your own point of reference, it makes up your image of the world and yourself. Seen from any other reference, it represents another picture completely, another person's point of view. Interference, and interaction. Apply the right reference and the interference pattern models the flow of information into a complete image you can percieve
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In the infinite volume of space, one tiny blue-white speck is the only vestigal spark of intelligence? Seems unlikely. But the chances of finding it elsewhere seem remote as well, among the infinite possibilities of forms of intelligence and communication.
But if it is out there to be found, I want to know about it. |
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