Posted by Dinah on February 18, 2005, at 11:16:35
In reply to Re: Coral colony » alexandra_k, posted by AuntieMel on February 18, 2005, at 8:51:11
Maybe PC is right. :)
Yes, that's pretty much what I mean. I'm still a bit stymied in how to express it further, because it's something I feel and see, and I don't have enough words for it.
But it's got something to do with Babble being formed by the posters who came before, whether they're still posting here or not, the posters who are here now, and the posters yet to post. And that you can't see Babble as (at a loss for words here) without taking into account (at a loss for words here too). And that the environment has to be kept right for the individual organisms to form the beauty of the coral reef. And that you might see the beauty but you miss a good part of the wonder if you don't see the individual organisms make up the whole.
And that when Dr. Bob sees Babble in terms of massification and bipolar urges or whatever it was that he was pointing us to, he's not only missing the wonder, but he's also missing the ... (again at a loss for words - but it's probably something along the lines of how people viewed coral reefs before it became known just what a coral reef was).
Which again, I don't mean as a comment on Dr. Bob relating to individuals. It's meant as a comment on Dr. Bob relating to Babble. But I'm at a loss for words there too.
Darn words. Totally inadequate.
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