In all honesty, I don’t envy you the possession of this power over memory, nor do I admire you. Because humans are usually completely unconcerned with the memories of other creatures. Human existence involves the willful destruction of the existential memories of other creatures and of your own memories as well. No life can survive without other lives, with the ecological memories of other living creatures have, memories of the environments in which the live. People don’t realize they need to rely on the memories of other organisms to survive. You think that flowers bloom in colorful profusion just to please your eyes. That a wild boar exists just to provide meat for your table. That a fish takes the bait just for you sake. That only you can mourn. That a stone falling into a gorge is of no significance. That a sambar deer, its head bent low to sip at a creek is not a revelation . When in fact the finest movement of any organism represents a change in an ecosystem.” The man with the compound eyes takes a deep sign and says: “But if you were any different you wouldn’t be human. . Wu MingYi
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The man with the compound eyes takes a deep sign and says: “But if you were any different you wouldn’t be human.” This quote is a statement of the paradox of human existence, namely that we are not necessarily what we appear to be. The fact that we must hide who we really are in order to survive in the world makes us vulnerable. We are creatures who are useless to others unless they are told about our existence. We are therefore shaped not by our own will but by our need for survival.

Source: The Man With The Compound Eyes

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