Thursday, February 12, 2009

My Zebra Womb-an


Zebra Womb-an is a wise creature that evolved to assimilate some similarities between the animal and plant kingdom.
Some plants and animals, over million years, dressed themselves with stripes. In fact, for some species these stripes grew to be very elaborate and gorgeous patterns. For us it is quite difficult to understand this natural beauty so we often rationalize or think of it in term of functionality. I saw zebras in their natural habitat, their stripes do not look very functional, if anything it makes them stand out from their surrounding. Lions, zebras' biggest predators, see colors as we do therefore have a similar perception of the zebras as I did. In short the question that arise is: "is there a need for functionality in all of nature's laws?" Isn't beauty an intrinsic value of the world.
The woman part of this creature tells us beauty has intrinsic value and her purpose is to remind us of our humility. Her ancestors evolved naked, without natural elaborate tools or techniques to defend themselves. They learned from other animals' defense mechanisms when creating their own tools. This woman, with her heightened sense of observation saw the beauty of the butterfly and of the zebra. She did not need to genetically steal their traits. First she admired, then observed and finally gave herself beautiful stripes.
Only then butterflies and zebras came to her, as a way to celebrate and honor her love for their wonders.