Different Look

I took this with my phone yesterday while walking around High Park. A thought occurred to me once I got past the predictable melancholy attached to the relative little chance I get to spend time among the trees. The idea was that I usually relate such a scene to strength and health and all-around goodness when that could be far from the truth.

There’s nothing in particular to say that our possibly deadly future has to be ugly or vast and empty. There could be pathogens, bacteria, poisons or chemical changes that threaten us while at the same time appearing colourful and pristine. It might be overgrown with fast-growing trees and wildflowers that resist the effects that we might not.

Not exactly a cheery thought. But, I am glad to have made the connection. I think people respond to visual proof. So, when proof is abstract or hard to take a close look at, we imagine it’s not immediate. That’s primitive and I hope we can develop past that.