Our Lady of Amorality

What moral universe?

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In the wake of more war, in the wake of more devastation to our nation’s ideals, in the wake of another blow for our wild lands, I thought the following selections from the book were more than appropriate – perhaps, they’re even necessary.

One of my favorite halls in New York's American Museum of Natural History is dedicated to ocean life. Two open floors with a large atrium in the middle where hangs a life-sized replica of a blue whale, it's a wonderland of watery existence. Taxidermied walrus, fish, crustaceans, sea birds are arranged in fabulously outré dioramas, a still-life zoo which, tragically for some species, will be the only way future generations will learn of these magnificent creatures. However, there's one triptych of windows into the far past that awakens great hope in me.