Spring is already here in Florida, where last year's leaves are falling as spring buds push them out of the way. The lake is teaming with tadpoles, and muscovy ducks are nesting. Mockingbirds spar in the trees like dueling Inigos...their normally delightful songbird repertoir replaced with harsh hissing and crackles.
I just finished a book by Cixin Liu: The Three-Body Problem, a science fiction beauty recommended by my science beauty sister. And wow. A fabulous story, but what really grabbed me was the author's postscript. "There's a strange contradiction revealed by the naïveté and kindness demonstrated by humanity when faced with the universe..." He describes how we destroy other civilizations on earth, yet look up to outer space and assume extraterrestrials would be civilized, noble, kind and peace-loving. He suggests a reversal: "Let's turn the kindness we show toward the stars to members of the human race on Earth and build up the trust and understanding between the different peoples and civilizations that make up humanity." Just the right message for our planet today. Maybe Inigo could become an earthly ambassador for peace.
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2/28/2018 08:55:29 am
YOU are an ambassador of peace, Jen!
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jen
2/28/2018 01:29:35 pm
oh goodness! Thank you, Dotty!
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3/1/2018 02:23:56 am
The trees are pieces of tape? Love the happy colorful background! Having spring weather here as well.
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jen
3/1/2018 07:16:02 am
ha ha! No, the negative spaces of the trees were made with tape, which isn't removed until the very end. It's like a surprise party!!!
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3/1/2018 10:26:27 am
Confused? Can't picture the process! Guess I am too dumb! or my head has stopped working!
jen
3/1/2018 01:20:05 pm
Ok silly, here it is step by step: Leave a Reply. |