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The Serpent,1 winding stair,
DNA, the crick of flesh,
russian dolls,
pattern pattern,
vision vision, waywords and MPHDJ signs,
science and shamanism allied,
the rational, and the intuitive,
a stereoscopic view,
two eyes, two worlds, made whole
"The সর্বোত্তম (sarbōttama - Bengali for best) is the enemy of the good." - Voltaire2
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FADE IN:
EXT. JUNGLE - NIGHT
A thick, humid night. The sounds of the jungle are amplified, almost overwhelming.
a graph complex and superimposed nature
in the leaf, in the movements of the fly,
in the venom of snake, structure of the mushroom.
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CLOSE UP - A MUSHROOM
It glows with a faint, phosphorescent light.
Can we learn to read this dna rna folded language,
to decipher the geometric messages,
to understand the whyweirds of the wild things.
"Metamorphoses,"3 Ovid whispers, "bodies changed
into new forms."
^1 "Cosmic Serpent": The title of a book by Jeremy Narby, in which he explores the parallels between shamanic knowledge and molecular biology. Jeremy Narby: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cosmic_Serpent
^2 "The best is the enemy of the good": A proverb often attributed to Voltaire, suggesting that the pursuit of perfection can hinder the achievement of good results. Voltaire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire
^3 "Metamorphoses": An epic poem by Ovid, dealing with themes of transformation and change. Ovid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphoses