MythTickle by Justin Thompson for May 22, 2023

Just been between a rock and a hard place……

Mrs. Ferguson, stoned again.

Hurray, Im a child for Animistic thinking! Well, childISH at this age, but I’ll take what I can get.

I think all living things can think, to a degree. I’d probably be a bit startled if they started talking to me, though.

Trees think…but v-e-r-y slowly…

Trees do warn each other about insect infestations.

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All the pagans and aminists are preparing angry letters…

If even rocks had feelings, it would be impossible for us to function without being mean to a lot of things.

Rocks no unless they are hidden aliens. Otherwise, the plants can via pheromones.

We live at different speeds. Geological, Botanical and Faunal.

The Oscar-winning movie Everything Everywhere All at Once features dialog between mother and daughter rocks.

Who knows what powers lie in the hearts of plants and minerals?

The Poet knows! Hahahahahaha!

(My apologies, Lamont….)

Nothing is ever created or destroyed, it just changes phase. Everything that is ‘alive’ is made up of minerals and their constituent atomic compounds, as are rocks, so there is at least a connection between them that way especially since the minerals go through multiple cycles. Ever see a fossilized coral, or fossiliferous sandstone or limestone? It’s now a rock, but was once alive. That’s what the concept of animism means to me, so I use the term because I don’t know enough math and physics to explain it scientifically. Oh, and BTW, I’m a professional Geologist with multiple degrees and decades of industry experience. I will admit I’ve quit suggesting that sometimes sedimentary rocks in outcrop sort of talk to me, gets me looked at funny.