From: Walter Watts (wlwatts@cox.net)
Date: Sat Jul 12 2003 - 14:59:26 MDT
From a post David Mc. passed on:
"It has been said that growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. This
is true, but it is also the ideology of the orchid. Without constant
attempts to sprout seeds everywhere the orchid would die out. Even if it
did survive at a guaranteed constant number it would not have any
incentive to evolve. It is the constant struggle to produce more orchids
that have made orchids evolve their bulbs and air-roots, their amazing
flowers to entice insects and vast variety of ecological niches. It is
thanks to growth and evolution that we achieve beauty."
"I propose that we will turn the universe into a garden."
Hmmm. If man's past is any indicator, I'm thinking more like a compost
heap.
Walter
<whose vision virtue is attenuated today>
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