March 18, 2024 – A

Nature at its best. 
Nature is always at its best.
The way nature is is the best nature can be. 
Not so with civilization.
Civilization is rarely--is NEVER--at its best.

Sunrise at the Tetons for the natural world
is much the same over time.
The seasons change, but not much else.
And everything in this photograph
does pretty much what it does everyday
all the time.
Nature's way.

And if we were primal people,
we would fit into this scene
along with everything else in the scene.
And we would rise from sleep
and carry out the business of the day,
and fall asleep to do it again tomorrow.
With very little that could come along 
to disrupt the flow.

Until Columbus brought Civilization to life
in the natural surroundings of this land.
And with Civilization came anxiety and uncertainty,
and wealth and poverty,
and life as we know it to be.

As a primal person before Columbus,
if something happened, 
we would fold our life around it,
deal with it as best we could
and go on, if we could go on,
in a world that could sustain us
because it didn't take much to sustain us.

Now, we need 10,000 kinds of insurance
to help us sustain ourselves if "something happens."

The natural world is always just what it is.
Civilization is always what it is--a trip through
uncertainty and insecurity 24/7/12. 

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