Search For True Significance
We look up and ask questions – it’s in our nature
Ever since man first looked up in wonder at the skies we have been curious. It seems to be almost a required attribute of the creature called human. After enough years we begin to seek more sophisticated and satisfying answers to these longings. We seek those closest to us, our elders, parents, teachers, and pepper them with the whys and hows of our existence. As soon as a child is able to speak this desire to have understanding is evident. In the lyrics to the Bobby Timmons jazz piece "Dat Dere" the child is continually asking wonderfully absurd questions:
"Hey mama, what's that there?
And what's that doing there?
Hey mama, up here! Mama, hey look at that over there!
And what's that doing there?
And where're they going there?
And mummy can I have that big elephant over there?"
It seems this childish curiosity gets it's answers, but this only leads to the inevitable next question. The looks of befuddled, bedraggled parents all over the globe attest to the power of this stage of a child's life to exhaust, annoy, and occasionally, to delight.
from: JavaJazzJesus
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