VOICES.
An excerpt.
Link in Selected Writings below.
Embryologically, the human ear begins to be formed at around 22 days post-conception. As just a thickening on the ectoderm. Rudimentary, really. Incidentally, the eyes start to form around the same time. We can hear from around 18 weeks gestation, according to those in the know). And our first sound (aside from our own frantic heartbeat, probably), is our mother’s much slower heartbeat. Then her breathing and bowel sounds. Then, our mother’s voice. The point is: we are hearing the world around us from long before we are born…
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We Are surrounded by stories, be it in literature, Music, media, work and life in general. i write of these Stories. occasionally, i’m surprised by the nuggets of eternal truth embedded therein. i write about that too. join me in my (often random) observations. it will bless you.
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