Thump

(from journal)

If a tree falls to the ground, and no one hears, it there a sound?

I really like the sound of this quote because not only does it sound a little strange, it paints a clear image in your head. It makes me ask questions. Does it even matter that the tree fell, if no one is there to see it? Do things only happen, do you only do things, if someone else will see it? On a more spiritual level (hehe), can you hear/sense something that happened if you weren't there?

This quote envisions expectations, actions, and adds a musical tone to the concept. When I imagine the quote, I hear a thump, and then a reverbrating echo into the forest. A cloud of dirt puffs up and then settles down, as if never even have lift off the ground. The tree is taken away, year by year, by nature. It's gone and no one even knew of its exsistence.