This morning Ive been watching a film. It was one of those compilations of cinematic history and the clips reminded of this and that. Depending on the memory, it made me feel happy, sad, nostalgic, wonderful. Definitely mood altering. Then I wondered why a group of people pretending to be someone else, reading someone elses words as if they were their own, should make me feel like this. Why dont I say 'that's pretence and stupid' instead of really enjoying it?
Does any other species do this - put on theatre, for want of a better word? Do our nearest cousins, the chimps, with whom we share over 98% of our genes, do anything like this? As far as their scientific observers can tell, do they play 'make believe?'. Why is it so important for us to do this?
Please, no funny answers or monkey jokes. This might be the missing link!
2006-09-09
02:48:26
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Rachel Maria
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