Then And Now

The Cave Of Forgotten Dreams. There is a documentary about cave paintings that were discovered in Chauvet, France. These drawings are one of the oldest known paintings to man, thought to be dated at around 36,000 years old. It is amazing that the paintings have been preserved for such a great number of years. I think that the paintings are fascinating because it is a link to our past as evolved human beings. If you think about where humans were at in terms of evolution at this period, you can picture perhaps a more hairy type cave man standing and painting representations of what they see in their world. This particular painting portrays a herd of animals on a landscape. The animals look to be in a healthy number  parading across the surface of the earth. The time, so primitive, yet so pure. Blood, flesh, and bone. Water, sky, dirt and sun. Moon, tree, bird, and grass blowing in the wind. My senses are keen, and my eyes are sharp. Science is a distant futuristic alien.