The Grey Corner

It was cold, the pillow has slipped from beneath my head again.. everything was fuzzy and I couldn’t recognize much of what happened.. all I remember is that I was talking to someone.. I was mumbling about the contemporary pose that shaping my life at the moment.. I reckon desiring to be in entirely different circumstances somewhere very far away from my current plunk.. with different people, social life and affairs.. in “another dimension” I said.. another galaxy perhaps, light years away from where I am.. you know, sometimes, when you wish for things to have gone in a totally different track that it has gone.. nonetheless, there I was.. bored and numb of almost everything.. feeling sleepy.. I hung up and I went to sleep.. two and half an hour later I woke up rigorously frightened..!! breathing heavily.. nothing seemed to make sense when I opened my eyes, although everything was at the exact place where I last saw it.. except that pillow, of course.. But, I was totally hyper and vigil...

Nearly every technological solution that man came up with was inspired by nature; that vast ocean that never seized to lend our brains with brilliant thoughts to create a massive collection of inventions and devices that we use today. Just to name a few: the sonar (a mimic of bats and dolphins’ techniques to navigate), airplanes (the birds’ airfoil, hollow bones and tail), suction cups (the octopus) solar cells (imitating the vascular plants) batteries (literally derived from eels), fishing nets (spider’s web) and even the internet itself and its application is an exact copy of the human brain and society. And the amazing list goes on. I think science have accomplished monumental achievements based on “natural ideas” that keep us in awe of the magnificent creation of God... However, there are certain types of behaviors that proved to be deadly for certain animals. Certain traits where the brainless animal act in a way that endangers its survival. The closest and most obvious example i...