Young Markus Meets the Dawn of Discovery
Great discoveries and inventions have their roots in childhood.
Dr Abe V Rotor
Christopher Columbus as a child played by the seaside looking far into the horizon with a toy boat at his feet. Florence Nightingale’s treated her first patient when she was a little girl, a wounded dog she brought back to health. Brahms composed the world’s most popular lullaby as a kid babysitter who could barely reach the keys of the piano.
The snowmobile, earmuff, trampoline, popsicle, were all invented by kids. It was a kid who accidentally discovered (serendipity) one of the earliest human fossils. Whoever discovered the creepiest creature like the jumping spider, and the brightest supernova thought to be a UFO, could not have been an adult, but a curious and sensitive child.
Kids can see more stars in the sky, listen to the whale’s call as music, see grass actually growing, build sandcastles. They are discoverers and inventors in the making. They need role models in their search and aspirations in making a better world and tomorrow. They are the likes of Einstein, Edison, Mozart, Da Vinci, Bell, Linnaeus, Darwin, et al. when they were young.
Young Markus and Yaya at home in QC
Greet the morning on a flower hanging,
with dewdrops like gems shining;
Where have the gems gone at the end of day?
Come back with the sun we pray.
A wall mural and a tree trunk at home QC
A wall mural, bats emerging as darkness falls;
a tree beside, moss and lichen astride,
here reality and imagery the essence of art.
so in life, together lie side by side.
Lobster's Claw (Heliconia) and coconut tree at home QC
By semblance, a lobster is a flower;
to a child, they are the same,
big and small by the same Creator
keeps them play the same game. ~
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