Apr 2014
My physics teacher told me that the acceleration due to gravity is 9.81 m/s/s
yet this law does not apply to things
that are either too large or too small.
I feel like my presence defies all laws of physics,
as i feel larger than necessary,
out of place,
struggling to fit into the confined hallways of my school,
doomed to be forever compared to the pixies that float
down crowded hallways,
slipping past each other with agility I can only dream of having.
However, at the same time
i feel tiny and insignificant,
as my voice does not project
in a sea of too much static,
and my physical presence does not equate
to my lack of a voice
and lack of a self-dignity.
The biggest flaw in science is that it is a data based art form— scratch that, it is not an art form,
it is a carefully executed set of rules,
in which statistics are king and the stripping down of all things human,
is only what becomes of this “objective observation”.
It is ironic that in which when we began the processes of science,
and delved into the depths of our curiosity
we forgot the real meaning of humanity
and every
kingdom phylum class order family genus species
is only a testament as to how far we’ve gone
into taking so many parts of a whole and breaking them into infinitesimally smaller pieces.
Ironically, with advancements in chemistry
we realize how large we are in comparison
with the atoms and quarks that merely make up
imaginary fractions of our beings.
And since atoms are mostly just empty space,
one can argue that the things that make up who we are,
arguably do not take up any space at all.
But in retrospect, the advancements of astronomy help us realize
that we are a lot smaller than we think we are,
as in a cosmic scale that even God has trouble wrapping his hands around, the Earth becomes a quark
that makes up the state of our being.
On a cosmic and molecular scale of things we belong
in such an age in which we are torn between extreme larges and extreme smalls, and finding the middle is too unsatisfactory,
as humans tend to have a tendency to claw for too many sides.
I am both a girl and a student of science
and a student of whatever the cosmos
has granted among us unfortunate humans
to latch our desires upon, yet I do not understand,
why 4 dimensional concepts have to be watered down
into 2 dimensional figures.
yet this law does not apply to things
that are either too large or too small.
I feel like my presence defies all laws of physics,
as i feel larger than necessary,
out of place,
struggling to fit into the confined hallways of my school,
doomed to be forever compared to the pixies that float
down crowded hallways,
slipping past each other with agility I can only dream of having.
However, at the same time
i feel tiny and insignificant,
as my voice does not project
in a sea of too much static,
and my physical presence does not equate
to my lack of a voice
and lack of a self-dignity.
The biggest flaw in science is that it is a data based art form— scratch that, it is not an art form,
it is a carefully executed set of rules,
in which statistics are king and the stripping down of all things human,
is only what becomes of this “objective observation”.
It is ironic that in which when we began the processes of science,
and delved into the depths of our curiosity
we forgot the real meaning of humanity
and every
kingdom phylum class order family genus species
is only a testament as to how far we’ve gone
into taking so many parts of a whole and breaking them into infinitesimally smaller pieces.
Ironically, with advancements in chemistry
we realize how large we are in comparison
with the atoms and quarks that merely make up
imaginary fractions of our beings.
And since atoms are mostly just empty space,
one can argue that the things that make up who we are,
arguably do not take up any space at all.
But in retrospect, the advancements of astronomy help us realize
that we are a lot smaller than we think we are,
as in a cosmic scale that even God has trouble wrapping his hands around, the Earth becomes a quark
that makes up the state of our being.
On a cosmic and molecular scale of things we belong
in such an age in which we are torn between extreme larges and extreme smalls, and finding the middle is too unsatisfactory,
as humans tend to have a tendency to claw for too many sides.
I am both a girl and a student of science
and a student of whatever the cosmos
has granted among us unfortunate humans
to latch our desires upon, yet I do not understand,
why 4 dimensional concepts have to be watered down
into 2 dimensional figures.
