I am impressed anew by... how much the harshness that challenges life is what causes the beauty. Birds fly because they must escape predators and search for food. Trees grow skyward because they compete fiercely with other trees for light. Living things need something to push off of. Each of us needs challenges to give us the right shape.
Carl Safina, Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival
beauty, evolution, harshness, hunger