Journal 8
During fall break, I had the opportunity to go hiking in Denver, Colorado. When I reached the top of the peak, I took thirty minutes to sit in absolute silence. I perched my back against a large boulder and laid my head back so my face was covered by sunlight. I didn’t hear any sounds. I didn’t see any animals besides an occasional black bird. However, I did see a beetle crawling on the same rock that I laid upon. I moved my finger to interrupt the path this beetle was taking, and he/she would briskly change direction. I did this over and over. The beetle would not climb on my finger. There is a separation between humans and insects. The gap between man and animal is often bridged when I think of pets like dogs and cats, but there is something peculiar about insects that frightens or grosses most humans out. Furthermore, insects don’t seem to want much to do with us either unless you are a lurking mosquito hunting for blood. As I continued to stare as far as the eye could see, I loo...