Science Is Our Story

Science is our story:

science, in its way, is for me a form of spirituality, a deep inquiry into factual encounters with reality, or at least the aspects of reality that deal with structure and form, matters that concern the pursuit of mystery for answers that satisfy the mind. I enjoy reading science books, articles, listening to talks given by scientist on the leading edge of experiments and breakthroughs. All of it stirs something deep within me, not so much an urge to know and understand the subject, but more of a desire to place myself fully within the information presented, and that what I'm really hearing is the story of myself told in scientific language, how I am described through the study of cells and molecules, particles and vibrations, earth and the creation of the universe at large. It's all my story, ours, we're not removed from the description of these mysteries. Science is our story, every aspect a chapter telling who we truly are. 

my father was a science teacher, geology a particular love, but every branch held his curiosity. Through his very last days we talked of our shared interest, a bedside conversation on the planet and stars, physics and the mysteries of the quantum world. I think he would like my interest in expressing the common bond of scientific thought and the nature of being, which is really just another term for spirituality. I'm fairly certain that he would think I'm reaching here, attempting to join two fields of love and interest, but he would encourage me none the less, curious to hear my reasoning.

so I always write with him in mind, guiding me, a gentle encouragement to continue. 

but of course I'm not a science writer, everything I write of is really fiction in a way. What I strive for is beauty, prose, lyrical, to simply tell my present story in some poetic form. Often it concerns science and I give facts based upon my understanding, and as this is a personal blog, these facts are entwined within my story, science becomes my self description, another language of reality and soul. For me, the two are seamlessly expressed, easily told as being just another aspect of my existence. 

science is our story, mysterious, lyrical and seamless in description. 

my aim is to express this with as few words as possible, perhaps spark a bit of curiosity, to encourage others to tell their version of our story. 

and so that is what I write of...

nothing more. 

~

Peace, Eric