The human brain has 100 billion neurons…
each neuron is connected to 10 thousand other neurons.
Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe.Michio Kaku, (1947 – ), American physicist, science communicator…
branching dendrites
arborescent axons
a synaptic, brain forest
neuronal poetrees
Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.
Kahlil Gibran, (1883 – 1931), Lebanese-American artist, poet…
calling all poets
do you…
write about the human condition?1
play well with artists & other writers?
geek at the chance to be an open to change, guest poet?
send your poems to thc@opentochange.com
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the human condition — (freedom ~ mortality ~ loneliness ~ meaning)
Palm Trees & Beaches bring a lot of peace to me.
“We found that trees could communicate, over the air and through their roots. Common sense hooted us down. We found that trees take care of each other. Collective science dismissed the idea. Outsiders discovered how seeds remember the seasons of their childhood and set buds accordingly. Outsiders discovered that trees sense the presence of other nearby life. That a tree learns to save water. That trees feed their young and synchronize their masts and bank resources and warn kin and send out signals to wasps to come and save them from attacks. “Here’s a little outsider information, and you can wait for it to be confirmed. A forest knows things. They wire themselves up underground. There are brains down there, ones our own brains aren’t shaped to see. Root plasticity, solving problems and making decisions. Fungal synapses. What else do you want to call it? Link enough trees together, and a forest grows aware.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory