Air

Air:

air, by definition a mixture of tasteless, odorless gases, mainly nitrogen, oxygen and argon, with water vapor playing a role in providing a slim degree of mass, and trace gases accounting for the remainder of it’s composition. Our own account is more personal, it’s the breath, inspired, drawn and returned in a ceaseless practice sustaining life. Air is our surrounding, pressed against us, defining our existence through the space that it provides.

and yet it’s hardly given notice.

this morning I found myself thinking of the atmosphere, that we are blessed by these gases, protected, as thy are retained by earth’s gravity to provide the quality of air for breathing and serve with pressure to allow water to exist in liquid form. This was a process of evolution, the early atmosphere wasn’t yet ready to support our present lives. Through many factors the atmosphere evolved to suit us, support our needs of breath, water, as well as protect us form the more harmful light of the sun. It amazes me to consider the evolution of air, coinciding with our own development, earth itself in conspiracy for life to be a certain way. Science calls this random chance, so many influences coming into play to create these perfect conditions for life to be — I prefer to think of it as evolution, again a conspiracy of earth and air together in creation, shifting through eons, an experiment that brought…