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| cowboy67 (profile) wrote, on 12-15-2003 at 3:11pm | |
| Current mood: lonely Music: radiohead Subject: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICAN GLADIATOR! |
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| i must say that i love the fact that people fall asleep and enter into this scary realm of unconsciousness, and yet their brains are still working, (probably harder than they do during the day, imagination-wise) and they create some of the most interesting and beautiful things ever. salvador dali used to wake up in the middle of the night after he had some crazy dream and he'd paint it out right then so he wouldn't forget any details. i have to describe a dream i had last night. i was outside, sitting in some bleachers that were facing a large open grassy field. there were some foresty areas on the sides of the field. it reminded me of the backyard of my grandparents' cottage in prudenville, minus the lake. it seems that i was in the crowd of The Price is Right. people were down on the grass, behind podiums, wagering money. my cousin tom was sitting with me, drinking a beer. my other cousin (tom's sister) stephanie, was there too. then suddenly david bowie was on the grass, all alone, playing "the man who sold the world." that was it. what freaks me out is how things form. especially animals. especially us. we start out as nothing more than cells. a sperm and an egg unite. little, tiny, supposedly meaningless, cells. they create a zygote. and from this junction of two measly little cells comes specialized cells... cells for everything... heart cells, nerve cells, lung cells, tissue cells, muscle cells, skin cells, brain cells, cartilage cells (chondrocytes!), blood cells, bone cells (osteocytes, osteoclasts, osteoblasts!), etc. and all of these millions of tiny cells join together by the masses to create whole fibers and tissues to create whole organs. and these organs are all connected to each other to form our bodies. everything functions together. every part of our bodies relies on the other parts. and there's one little squishy brain in charge of everything. my God, it's amazing. it's perfect. look at your hand. isn't it beautiful? and your ears. and your nose. the shape of your back and your legs. how the muscles move and contract. how the bones in your arms bend and twist. everything has a purpose. i feel so bad for the organs and bones and muscles in my body. they work day in and day out, never faltering. they never even get a break. they keep me healthy. they allow me to do so many different things. my heart especially. a small, soft muscle, contracting every second, so that i can live and breathe and see. it has so much power, it gives me life. and yet i'll never even be able to thank it for all that it's done for me. that makes me sad. seriously. poor little heart. i love you. |
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WhitePony | 12-16-03 5:34am Tis quite interesting how intricate our bodies are. Its just a shame how easily and readily we are to destroy each intricate sculpture of a person.
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nugenta3 | 01-04-04 10:29pm haha....chondrocytes!! of course you would remember.
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