I am writing my first blog as a tiny black ant does gymnastics on my arm hair. I am exhilarated by the electricity of its movements, the surging life energy that tickles through my whole body. What an incredible amount of energy, of physics, from such a tiny being interacting with a much larger being. I feel the ant all the way through, and rather than kill it I wish to honor it, to relish its life force and this connection we have had. The hairs act like vines as the ant tries to navigate through them. It is working hard, being as much of an ant as it can be to survive the situation it is in to keep being an ant. And I can feel every molecule of it.

Though the ant was unharmed, it didn’t feel right overworking it. I wanted it to get to ground where it had a chance. I moved my arm to a flat surface but the ant was gone. I couldn’t feel it anymore nor could I see it on my arm. Fair well friend! I hope you fell well and are now feeling your way to food or the nest.

And then, there it is! Still on my arm, further away from the jungle of arm hair. I moved my arm back to the surface and it scurried off, a different ant. Is it? I imagine that the experience and the shared life energy somehow registers in the existence of the ant somehow, and therefore becomes a part of its very being. Is there a way to prove that? Is it not worth Science’s time to explore the electricity and life connected that occurs in these experiences? I have to believe that explorations of all phenomena through Art, Science, Spirit, Mathematics, Intuition, and Community has both value and purpose to life through those who connect to it.

The Artful life. The feeling of life experiencing life, celebrating and cherish life. There are many people, many threads to follow. The imagination should not be hindered by economics. Art doesn’t need money. It needs purpose. And that ant is a part of that energy, I am a different being than I was before I felt this ant, aren’t I? New Art will be made from this meeting with the ant, so, yeah, different being. Thank you ant, hope you are well…

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