Written piece
The River Threads Through the Worlds.
Rebecca Edmonds
New Zealand
About this piece
The submission is about the connection of all the parts of the earth with human and how we coexist together.
It starts with the rivers, and how they wind into the sea, then onto the land and comprises people and cities. The connectivity of people, with nature.
The river winds, and sublimely collides in the shallows. A fresh splash of wind on waves sends droplets into space. It smells nice like wet concrete irons after the rain-fall. And I stare mesmerized, at the conductivity, standing at the river's edge. Its inner colour is dark, with spaces of clear water that reflect back orange and yellow in the shallows. Swift water with dangerous swirling pools, that would pull a man under without technology to save him. It reflects over a million droplets of water, and stretches as far as the eye can see, and further to the pacific ocean and every ocean which connects the tides with all the tides in all the other continents. Collectively river threads twist forcefully through the world. Weaving and turning unexpectedly like large snakes, that carry secret knowledge of the land to the sea. Poisoning it on its arrival. Before it mixes with salt to become the ocean and other oceans, and then all the seas and rivers, until the connectivity of water is a myriad tapestry. Tapering at the inlet, as the ebbing flow of water frays into a rich dimensional delta. The rhythm of the river flows as a ‘maestro’ conducts his symphony; it rises and falls with each rain-fall. Becoming more, then less, and expanding and contracting with each season. I watch in awe of this mighty flow of magnificent power, guiding us through the landscapes of world communities. That encompasses human connections, spiritual stories and histories of every land; entwining with this turbulent life force fixed but ever-changing. The lands of different countries, and communities are a mosaic of contrast. Blending hills, mountain ranges and landscapes that surpass the imagination. The trials of human life exist in all forms on this land of contrast.Opposing elements embedded into nature, its diversity and continents constructed by powerful forces that evolve dramatic mountains and hills. The earth is like a jigsaw puzzle, where human and animal live together, relying on mutual coexistence of the space we call our earth. Environments challenge animal and human survival; evolving unique physical and behavioural adaptations to surmount our city dwellings. Where we have adapted to the land. We grow in numbers like complex organisms. These habitats become our home, and the homes of adapting animals and birds. We live and adapt and grow alongside each other. In this colorful world called earth.