Sunday Scribblings #96 – Human



I am human.
Bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, cartilage,
organs.
Because I carry these things with me, does that mean I’m human?

Upright body carriage. Tool-using, abstract reasoning, language using, introspecting and problem solving.
Is that what being human is about?

No, I think it’s more like this:
I am human because I am
A soul of individuality careening from mistakes to realizations.
I am full of flaws yet flawless in imperfection.
I learn, unlearn and discover how to solve my own puzzle.
I am human.

Human-ifique.

4 Comments

  1. quin browne on July 5, 2009 at 10:29 pm

    human-ifique.

    i like that.

  2. Weronika on July 5, 2009 at 11:48 pm

    Sometimes, I see too many instances in which people define themselves with according to the stereotype–the physical–but there are, indeed, many levels within the physical that define our humanity and the humans we are.

    Interesting–and necessary–take on the subject.

    Thanks for stopping by my own!

  3. Dee Martin on July 7, 2009 at 10:22 pm

    loved this
    "A soul of individuality careening from mistakes to realizations.
    I am full of flaws yet flawless in imperfection."

    The Dating Game

  4. Jack Webb on July 9, 2009 at 10:21 pm

    As soon as you put a label on something you negate it, you define it, you box it in. You are much more then you can possibly put a name to.
    Human, Humanity, souls are concepts, Words.

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