The sun rises. Children think of it as a person; they give it two dots for eyes, and a smile. They understand something -- that consciousness can live in things. It can animate matter -- any matter. Consciousness learns from rocks -- from states of deep inactivity. It learns from moving at the speed of light, from going in circles, from endlessly exploding.
The sun rises. And in the child's drawing occupies a place in the sky. The child draws lines radiating from the sun, a symbol of heat, of the intention to warm and give life. The child draws the eyes open -- because the sun is awake.
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