Brain activity has an unmistakable signature: the firing of neurons, as brain cells relay information to one another through the triggered release of chemical neurotransmitters, which are received by the long, branching dendrites of neighbouring cells.
This microscopic ritual is distinctive, but it doesn’t belong only to neurons. Scientists have now found bursts of neuron-like activity in certain skin cells. (1)
Our brain thinks.
Our skin thinks.
Is there anything that does not think?
Interactions all around.
Can we dare to stay alone?
In the face of existence.
Can we not stay silent?
In the face of ignorance.
Can we dare to say I don’t know?
In the face of death.
Do we dare to deny life?
Be honest. See what I see.
A cosmos full of cowards.
Thinking…
Therefore, doing anything but being…