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WHEREAS, the hardest situation for humans to understand is that they cannot understand it all but that
A. where there is no water, there is no life; andWHEREAS, that is the one situation true & in all instances & therefore the
A. one sole phenomenon—humans understand; andWHEREAS, 10-16% percent of the earth is true desert & evaporation of the seas goes on all the time,
A. enough to drain all oceans completely every 3 thousand years
— From Cheyenne Nimes’s hybrid essay, “SECTION 404 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER SAND SHARK, SUBTITLED ‘THIS TROUBLESOME REGULATORY CONSTRAINT’,” which won DIAGRAM’s annual essay contest in 2010. The deadline for this year’s contest is fast approaching!
Damn. Powerful.
Reblogged from Millions Millions
