FYI- I've read a report in a scientific journal stating that cells of plants will react when under stress, (as in slashing or breaking the plant). The author correlated the cellular reaction as similar to an animal's scream.Yes, the bee lifts the first image beautifully. It had me contemplating flowers as living things, in a pact with bees to prolong each other’s existence. This is a problem for vegetarians, which I was for twenty years or so. After six months in hospital, my body craved protein, and now I’m back eating meat and fish. I couldn’t rationalise eating plants as being less humane (for want of a more appropriate word) than eating fish or meat.
Anyway, it’s funny where an image can take you to sometimes.
The b&w version has a different vibe altogether, but it was the bee in the colour shot which sent me off down a trail.
Yeah, the harsh contrast of the B/W sorta puts the lotus in your face. As in ... "I'm a Lotus And You're Not!". The color is far more soothing and contemplative in a relaxing way.Yes, the bee lifts the first image beautifully. It had me contemplating flowers as living things, in a pact with bees to prolong each other’s existence. This is a problem for vegetarians, which I was for twenty years or so. After six months in hospital, my body craved protein, and now I’m back eating meat and fish. I couldn’t rationalise eating plants as being less humane (for want of a more appropriate word) than eating fish or meat.
Anyway, it’s funny where an image can take you to sometimes.
The b&w version has a different vibe altogether, but it was the bee in the colour shot which sent me off down a trail.
I couldn’t rationalise eating plants as being less humane (for want of a more appropriate word) than eating fish or meat.
we can’t eat without killing
For some reason this has me thinking (every now and then ... maybe twice I week ... I may think), It isn't necessary to kill to eat. For animal protein there is always carrion (just a little messy) and dead plants for other nutritional needs/values. With today's technology we can turn all the dead stuff into a Soylent Green soup. (Granted there would be a world drop in metabolic energy causing a drop population. But the populations of none human animals would, most likely, find this new none killing ethic a good thing.)... But it does seem we can’t eat without killing. A tough fact to face for sensitive souls.
Damn ...I don’t know the answer.