Micro Macro

I am finding myself struck by a statement in “A New Philosophy of Society” in which DeLanda talks about “the matter of special entities, in both the biological and social realms, that seem to operate in a scale-free way.”.... “On one hand, genes and words, are more micro than the bodies and minds of persons. On the other, they can also affect macro-processes: genes define the human species as a whole, and words can define religions commanding belief by large portions of that species.”(pg.41)

Again, I find myself interested in the concept of a micro / macro world. The many individual parts of the massive structure.

Within context of my current creative research it is the idea of an assemblage of mini stories or designs to create a larger story or visual structure.

In relation to my social thoughts it is a concept of seeing others as myself, a connected mass of humanity.

In relation to my personal views of the universe and what little I know about it. It refers to dissecting particles down to the smallest level, to a quark or smaller still, in which the particle you have found is the only particle left, the building block of atoms, air and all materials of the universe. Upon finding that particle one actually finds the largest particle or the blanket fabric of that universe.

In relation to my poetic side it is the feeling of floating on water. In which the sky and the sea, water and air are massive, overwhelming and alive. Greater then me and never ending. I, a mere seagull, floating on a horizon line.