17 March

“Don’t you think it’s rather arrogant of us to assume that we’re the only intelligent beings in this world, when the River Garonne and the south wind carry with them and express more things that I would ever be able to write - and express them better? They read instantaneously the messages of other fluxes, filter them, make their choice, combine them with their own, translate them, and write them on land or water. They conserve them for a long time. They express themselves through explosions, roaring, noise and murmurings, tinkling and lapping...How would it be if it turned out that we were only the slowest and least intelligent beings in the world?” Michel Serres. Angels, A Modern Myth