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Sunshine Challenge: Blue
Jul. 20th, 2020 09:31 pmThe color blue immediately reminds me of the ocean. I'm a water sign (pisces) and I've always felt so calm by the ocean, although I'm a pretty bad swimmer. Anyway, the ocean reminds me of a particular conversation I had with my husband a few days ago...
I was hypothesizing about why humans have not adapted to live in the ocean or underwater. We all know the Earth has a ton of huge oceans, so it doesn't make much sense why some distant ancestor didn't just wade out into the water and not come back (okay, evolution doesn't work like that but you see my point). Maybe I just really want to believe in Atlantis?? My husband then reminded me that dolphins and whales are the humans of the sea, considering they are mammals with large brains, a communication system, and social groups. They even have their own names!
I like how that article pointed out that we shouldn't think of being human as an "endpoint" to evolution - but we can still appreciate just how intelligent and social cetaceans are as a group and compare them to our own social groups. Whales are so beautiful to me: Smart AND huge/terrifying, it seems like the best of both worlds.
Speaking of Oceans, maybe I should check out some more shark/whale/dolphin themed films in honor of this prompt. I have a few on my list but I am accepting reccs!
Fandom-wise, my curiosity for (and healthy fear of) the ocean makes me feel just a little bit closer to David Webster, and I think that is both very emo and very sexy of me.
I was hypothesizing about why humans have not adapted to live in the ocean or underwater. We all know the Earth has a ton of huge oceans, so it doesn't make much sense why some distant ancestor didn't just wade out into the water and not come back (okay, evolution doesn't work like that but you see my point). Maybe I just really want to believe in Atlantis?? My husband then reminded me that dolphins and whales are the humans of the sea, considering they are mammals with large brains, a communication system, and social groups. They even have their own names!
I like how that article pointed out that we shouldn't think of being human as an "endpoint" to evolution - but we can still appreciate just how intelligent and social cetaceans are as a group and compare them to our own social groups. Whales are so beautiful to me: Smart AND huge/terrifying, it seems like the best of both worlds.
Speaking of Oceans, maybe I should check out some more shark/whale/dolphin themed films in honor of this prompt. I have a few on my list but I am accepting reccs!
Fandom-wise, my curiosity for (and healthy fear of) the ocean makes me feel just a little bit closer to David Webster, and I think that is both very emo and very sexy of me.