I'm talking about your own personal imprint on life.
Sure, you can put a tattoo on your skin. But what is the root of your life that will be unearthed a thousand years from now when a neo-archaeologist sifts though your skeletal remains with a translator protocol which summarizes the essence of fossilized bone she discovers?
Will the inscription on your bones reveal loves found and lost? Children raised? Successes or failures at work? All the places you have visited? All the cool bars you have been to? What is the secret of you?
Or will the fossil reveal nothing? Or specifically, that the owner of this bone once was on a path to discover something profound about life, and then at some point gave up any quest under the pernicious belief that there was nothing more to discover.
And will, finding nothing, that future archaeologist from the incalculable future discard your bones into the vast heap of similarly uninteresting artifacts?
"Hans, Hans." You wake from your revere as your co-worker taps you on your shoulder. "I found something your group may find interesting in a nineteenth century excavation near zone 671, section A in what was previously known as the territory of Denmark. Check out the summation readout from my translator on this femur:
Do not interrupt the flight of your soul
Do not enfeeble your spirit with half wishes and half thoughts
Ask yourself and keep asking yourself until you find the answer
"I suppose its a step in the right direction," you tell your colleague. "But I don't think it will quite fit into our cohort. Perhaps we should go back to the remains located in the find in zone 670."
But it will be late in the evening by now, and will be time for you to return to your cubicle. "Li," you tell your co-worker, "do you and Suya have any plans for the weekend?"
And will, finding nothing, that future archaeologist from the incalculable future discard your bones into the vast heap of similarly uninteresting artifacts?
"Hans, Hans." You wake from your revere as your co-worker taps you on your shoulder. "I found something your group may find interesting in a nineteenth century excavation near zone 671, section A in what was previously known as the territory of Denmark. Check out the summation readout from my translator on this femur:
Do not interrupt the flight of your soul
Do not enfeeble your spirit with half wishes and half thoughts
Ask yourself and keep asking yourself until you find the answer
"I suppose its a step in the right direction," you tell your colleague. "But I don't think it will quite fit into our cohort. Perhaps we should go back to the remains located in the find in zone 670."
But it will be late in the evening by now, and will be time for you to return to your cubicle. "Li," you tell your co-worker, "do you and Suya have any plans for the weekend?"
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