9/25/11

the way of individuation:

"Far out at sea, a tuna fleet surrounded a group of spinner dolphins swimming over a school of tuna, catching them in a gigantic net. Small, powerful speedboats circled the animals, creating a wall of sound that disoriented and terrified the dolphins, who sank down silently into the net, only the movement of their eyes showing signs of life. But when a dolphin crossed the corkline at the edge of the net, it knew it was free. It burst forward, propelled by powerful wide tail strokes ... It then dove, swimming at full speed ... down and away into the dark water, only to burst from the surface in a high bounding series of leaps."
- Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson