How many pasts exist that we are unaware of because they weren’t recorded on tablets or papyrus in a language we can comprehend?
How many pasts do we fail to acknowledge because they didn’t leave behind what we recognize as fossils, pasts that we can’t perceive because we no longer recognize complex messages in plain sight?
Petroglyphs that we claim to understand as mystical spiritual writing are probably graffiti—ancients thumbing their noses at us, those ignorant future people. So-called primitives rolling on the floor laughing in disbelief at premonitions of people dumb enough to damage their own planet.
How much do we truly know about what we don’t know?
How many messages have we misidentified and mislabeled as “primitive” or “savage”?
Is it us, through our close-mindedness, who are primitive and are becoming savages?
If we pay close attention, can we rediscover the mystical and regain the ability to see the extraordinary in the ordinary?
Desert Dweller 