Looking together in the same direction.

Looking together in the same direction.
Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart.

by my favorite poet, Mary Oliver

"Instructions for living a life.

Pay attention.

Be astonished.

Tell about it."

Mary Oliver


Tuesday, March 22, 2011

When the morning stars sang together....

     When reading a Madeleine L'Engle book once years ago, I learned that stars sing.   Job 38:7 in the Bible states,  "When the morning stars sang together....".   I did some research, and stars actually do sing. They emit light, and some of it is in a large enough wavelength to fall in the radiowave spectrum.  Stars of different sizes emit different tones.  Larger ones emit tones lower than smaller ones.  When recorded together their radiowaves produce a harmonic sound much like from an orchestra.   When you tune your car radio and are between stations, some of the hissing and crackling you hear is actually noise from stars and near-by planets. Some pulsars emit beeps.  The universe emits a crazy cacaphony of sounds.
     The next time you are out gazing at the stars, think of the music they and the universe are sending our way, and be amazed.  Be amazed.

" Somewhere something incredible is waiting to be known."   Carl Sagan

No comments:

Post a Comment