The Wonders of Life

 

 

 

This week for my personal aesthetic practice Childhood Wonder I am blogging about babies and the wonders of life.

This is my cousin Kevin’s baby boy Linken, he is just over four months old and I just love this little guy so much.

They came over for a visit and I got to hold it. It was crazy to hold this beautiful little guy and think that he has a whole life ahead of him, and he cant even communicate a single sentence. Its amazing how much we all develop from nothing more than two cells.

Its mind boggling to me to think about how complex and incredible our bodies are and its even more wild that we have no control over our physical growth. None of us thoughtfully constructed, or sustain, ourselves. None of us have the no how, or ability, to create life. That’s absolutely crazy to me. Whether we believe in a Creator or Evolution, the fact that we are alive, and our hearts keep beating completely out of our control is a very wondrous thing.

The other half of this is age and life as a whole. Below is a picture of my dad and my Grandpa. At one point and time they were very young, just like my baby cousin above. But now they are old, in the blink of an eye much of their life has been experienced. It’s a crazy thing to thing about. Makes me wonder what I will be feeling the day I wake up an old man, I’m sure it will feel like only a moment has passed.

I found this really cool video on Youtube called The Miracle of Life. It’s a computer animation of the development of the human from conception to birth.