Indeed the words Inert, and Artificial have crept into social vocabulary to cut-off or put-down qualities of individuals that we have difficulty relating with. The way humans name non-humans either disconnects us from them...or draws us closer. What draws me to seemingly inanimate objects, is the realization that all are comprised of vibrating atomic particles...the knowledge that the very frequency of those vibrations is what gives an element its function. Ironically my perspective stems from merely theoretical physics from high school....that was 45 years ago. Today, when I meditate on my breath and my lungs, then I also meditate over how my breath is carried by the wind, which mingles with dust from the Sahara, and moisture from the Amazon...
On Mar 13, 2025 Alice Grossmann-Güntert wrote :