Seeing Things

This song by Joni Mitchell encompasses the essense of my blog. a) You need to see things from both sides before begining to understand something b) It's important to acknowledge that there's always lots that you still don't know Here are the lyrics. Enjoy the song. Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air And feathered canyons everywhere, I've looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun they rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way I've looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow It's cloud's illusions I recall I really don't know clouds at all Moons and Junes and ferris wheels the dizzy dancing way you feel When every fairy tale comes real, I've looked at love that way But now it's just another show, you leave 'em laughin when you go And if you care don't let them know, don't give yourself away I've looked at love from both

This morning I came across this news item on BBC about an interesting discovery. Then i did some googling on the subject and found this article . Since my blog is about "seeing things", this one deserves a mention here. An excerpt from the article: "In nearly 500 million years of vertebrate evolution, and many thousands of vertebrate species living and dead, this is the only one known to have solved the fundamental optical problem faced by all eyes — how to make an image — using a mirror," said Julian Partridge, a University of Bristol vision ecologist, in a press release. Lenses are the most common optically refractive structure, but also absorb some of the light passing through them. Mirrors are more efficient, making the spookfish's eyes especially well-suited to its half-mile-deep Pacific haunts. To know more about Spookfish also known as barreleyes click here. Speak of seeing things clearly! :)

Perfectly set jelly. May your new year be full of simple pleasures!