09-17-2014, 07:04 PM
Yes we are more than merely hydrogen: we are Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorous, sodium, potassium, calcium and some trace elements assembled in a bag over a support structure. Bag is a good analogy for our integuments, organs and even the very plasma membranes of our cells. You other concept of a zoological entity inoculated with a soul to become what we call human is intriguing.
I enjoyed your simplified theory of aging and death that logically posits that our atoms remain intact while our biopolymers hydrolyze and high-order molecules break down. I like the idea that it is through those breeches that the soul escapes upon passing.
However, there is no solid hydrogen in stars (it’s a bit too warm). Therefore, suns do not sublimate hydrogen, i.e., cause the solid form to go directing to a vaporous one. I would do something with helium, the major by product of hydrogen fusion within the sun, something like: ‘…more than the helium that suns exhale…’
I like the passing through metaphor of current through copper as electrons. Some might argue that our paths are any less restricted than to a single wire. Are we ‘agglomerates’ from a single source of material or ‘conglomerates’ of matter from various sources?
I am not certain if the carbon digits belong to the spirits or represent the bonds, probably the latter. ‘Grasps/grips’ has some nice alliteration, but the terms are almost synonyms for me.
‘lets slips’ seems off, sonically if not grammatically.
I like this existential pondering at the atomic level. Thanks for the post./Chris
I enjoyed your simplified theory of aging and death that logically posits that our atoms remain intact while our biopolymers hydrolyze and high-order molecules break down. I like the idea that it is through those breeches that the soul escapes upon passing.
However, there is no solid hydrogen in stars (it’s a bit too warm). Therefore, suns do not sublimate hydrogen, i.e., cause the solid form to go directing to a vaporous one. I would do something with helium, the major by product of hydrogen fusion within the sun, something like: ‘…more than the helium that suns exhale…’
I like the passing through metaphor of current through copper as electrons. Some might argue that our paths are any less restricted than to a single wire. Are we ‘agglomerates’ from a single source of material or ‘conglomerates’ of matter from various sources?
I am not certain if the carbon digits belong to the spirits or represent the bonds, probably the latter. ‘Grasps/grips’ has some nice alliteration, but the terms are almost synonyms for me.
‘lets slips’ seems off, sonically if not grammatically.
I like this existential pondering at the atomic level. Thanks for the post./Chris
My new watercolor: 'Nightmare After Christmas'/Chris