Jurassic

A time before man, a time of reptilian life. A time of harshness and beauty: cruel and evolutionary nature. A time that man can only learn of and about through its remains: its natural traces of Time, which in some, like Mary Anning, produces a 'passion for bones', or rocks and stones; for examining the landscape with observant eye and sharp hearing. Take notice! such characters say of your surroundings: the sounds, the sights of nature; of Time before and after; of Change gone and Change coming. Listen to, and appreciate, the recorded sound of the singing wren; watch through a lens a solar eclipse – the sun directly behind the moon, one oval disc on top of another, the light circumferencing the dark. Acknowledge and respect nature, and the persons, whether lay or professional, who explain it to us: bring it into our human world.

Picture credit: Ammonite, 1989, Jacek Yerka (source: WikiArt).

From journal, December 2021.