Walking the aisles of Gaea's Garden farm you notice things. Movements around your feet and ankles, birds flashing down from the canopy overhead only a few feet away from you, or a jack rabbit dashing swiftly off opposite your direction, you realize you are not alone in the jungle of green surrounding you. Feeling anything but vulnerable to this mysterious place, you feel dynamic and human. As much as I don't want to come off as a green snob blaming industrial society for all our dis-eases, I do believe that a palpable connection to the earth is a life-changing relationship with great potential benefits. After all, modern industry has all but taught humans that through innovation we can achieve more than earth, or perhaps whichever god that created earth, imagined possible. (Do you know the legend of Hercules and Antaeus?)
Spending a short time in the orchard leaves you feeling curious to what exactly is moving or growing by your feet. So, you bend down and have a better look. Curiously you find that what many people might have referred to as grass in a past urban life, is actually tens of different varieties of grass with a life and history of their own. Think of it, a small seed falls from the flowering heights of a weed grass and drifts through the air, coasting on it's hair-like wings, until coming to rest somewhere down the row. If the seed is 'lucky' it will have fallen in a fortuitous position (it's all about location, location, location) where after time it will be covered, root, and sprout from it's base to take on life and it's wild course. But, of course, only time will tell. Ahhh, the wonder! God is in the small things.
It is impossible not to see the interconnections of nature and our human lives. Stories of heroics, bravery, and love with themes to match any of our races greatest storytellers happen outdoors. In the orchards of our farms, and the backyards of our cities alike, nature speaks our language of survival and deceipt. But, are we open to listening? The next time you get an urge to hear a great and genuine story, find yourself a garden to walk through and wonder to yourself what is moving about my feet? I hope your imagination is powerful. And while your at it, ask yourself what man would do in order to have the power to grow energy from his body?
Intro: Chemistry
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