Wed
Dec
29
2010
Man's place in the universe
The shop on my father’s ranch hasn’t changed a whole lot over the years. There is a vise still used that likely came to Wyoming in a wagon.
And there is the anvil.
When I was very small I remember investigating the shop. There were many things on the floor. Little solid metal balls. Long circular ribbons of sharp metal. Blueish globs of metal that had cooled in the dirt.
These things I found interesting without easy explanation. These amazing things that lay on the floor of the shop whose origin and purpose I couldn’t fathom.
These tantalizing questions left by the anvil.
Man reaches for knowledge in greedy curiosity. All he has are unanswered questions and the tumidity to seek the truth. To take things apart to see how they work.
Could man do more to affirm his existence then to find out how the universe works?
Look at these on the floor of the shop. Under the vise, next to the anvil, through the telescope. What are these things?
Man’s place in the universe is simple. That of a curious child who just wants to know everything. Isn’t that just great?
