DIATOM: Some Reflections on Microscopic Existence What would it feel like to be a fraction of a hair in length floating through an ocean of space? What would it be like to be encased in silicone as geometry incarnate? How would it feel to have hundreds of microfibrils as arms & legs? No death – just division No sex – just endless replication No brain – just pure sensation How would existence seem to a diatom swimming in shells of silicate ? Soo: Can you feel the spark within image & poem? Philyra: Yeah. Diatoms are miniature fusion reactors. When you think about what they do – take the energy of the sun and produce life – it's amazing. Soo: What would it feel like to be a diatom? Philyra: It would be a whole different reality, wouldn't it? Elijah: Yep. Our world is filled with multiple realities. Only a small fraction seem "human." ===================================================================================== from _Let the waters be my witness: Messages about our watery world_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: A poem and drawing about unicellular algae and dialog about creative imagination. KEYWORDS: plankton, unicellular algae, Bacillariophycea, creative imagination Begun: 2001 in Nagoya, Japan / Finished: 2023 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted by T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/BlueEarth/mis.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/BlueEarth/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/BlueEarth/octo.htm TRANSLATIONS: DEUTSCH https://www.tnewfields.info/de/ergebnis.htm ESPAÑOL https://www.tnewfields.info/es/diatom.htm FRANÇAIS https://www.tnewfields.info/fr/diatom.htm NIHONGO https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/keisou.htm ZHŌNGWÉN https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/xizao