Room # 2

I had an epiphany today, and it may seem quotidian to you but try and really think about it. My epiphany was this. All life, and I mean ALL LIFE, relies on the consumption of other life to survive. From the mightiest meat eating carnivore to the tiniest single cell organism that floats aimleslly around a pond, these creatures and all in between rely on the consumption of organic matter to survive and flourish.

This may seem quite obvious and quotidian but to me it struck quite a chord in that there is not really any life that is not in some way parasitic, or at least parasitic by proxy. All life relies on the consumption of other life, be it the kind that walks around, the kind that grows in the ground or otherwise, to survive.

Life can only be life by eating itself.