There is a high and splendid drama taking place as humans meet the world and see what they can do with it. In every kind of human development, people take what they find naturally available and use it creatively, forming those special and spectacular human achievements found everywhere throughout history. If a cave can provide natural shelter from the weather, then what human equivalents of the cave can be created? All manner of buildings then come into production from hovels to skyscrapers. If a leaf or a shell can hold a few drops of water, then what containers can be created to hold what contents, as the human mind plays upon the idea of containers. If love is a natural and primary emotion (as it is), then what varieties of emotional experience can be created from it? From that primary natural source come the multitudinous varieties of love's expression which are uniquely human, such as poetry, birthday gifts, and funerals.
Sumpter
Copyright © Z Smith 1993
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