Ohhhh... I have a Sharpie-induced headache. Occupational hazard, I guess.
Jeremy and I went to see Winged Migration, the Jacques Perrin (Microcosmos) documentary about bird migration, last night.
Amazing.
Besides the standard "how did they do that?" factor, there was also the uniquely human flight-envy factor. It seems to me that flight is the physical manifestation of the idea of goodness. From religious imagery to secular dream interpretation, flight represents the ultimate, enlightened state. And whether you believe human beings are capable of absolute goodness (or absolute evil), flight seems to be a universally positive notion. Freedom, goodness, oneness with nature and a humbling shift of perspective all characterize flight. If we aspire to be good mentally, intellectually, then physically, we aspire to fly.
Or maybe it's just the Sharpie fumes.
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