it too floats through the air with the very same pathos, feeling that it too contains within itself the flying centre of this world. There is nothing in nature so despicable and mean that would not immediately swell up like a balloon from just one little puff of that force of cognition; and just as every bearer of burdens wants to be admired, so the proudest man of all, the philosopher, wants to see, on all sides, the eyes of the universe trained, as through telescopes, on his thoughts and deeds." Kathy, your vey accurate assessment, for some reason, brought this passage to mind: Not just her assessment, but a cursory look at any blog and its accompanying comments brings that Friedrich Nietzche, The Birth of Tragedy quote to mind. And anthropocentric encompasses both the negative and positive stigmas that attach to it, meaning if you're blaming humanity (i.e. overpopulation) for catastrophic climate change, then by virtue of that, you've put humanity at the center. Sure, in a negative, critical manner, but still, it's humanity taking center stage, once again. "Egos appear by setting themselves apart from other egos." ~Martin Buber, I and Thou (1923) This woman would agree...after taking a hit of lysergic acid diethylamide. Who needs Robin when you have Lucy In The Sky w/Diamonds? Talk about seeing the Light. She was seeing all kinds of Light. Quaker in a bottle, or tablet...or stamp. Art, like religion, arose from the original sense of disquiet, no doubt subtly but