maybe this relates to chaos theory. how at the point of what seems complete chaos one encounters harmony. in the rainforest, life is functioning on millions of levels, yet the whole exists as a system, a giant organism. it is in the details (to get to africa he had to first cross the ocean) and the wholistic picture (details are irrelavent if one follows one's path) simultaneously. the stones on my path change shape, but i can hear the butterfly flapping its wings at the other end.