YOU:MATTER audio transcripts
Ancestry in the Stars
A pleasant female voice is speaking, reading out a neverending list of forms of life on Earth:
Lava Lizard
Humpback Whale
Fig Tree
Poison Dart Frog
Sunflower
Indian Star Tortoise
Leafcutter Ant
Wasp
Piranha
Lavender
Ivory Gull
Button Mushroom
Coyote
Rhubarb
Clematis
Mussels
Capybara
Springbok
Bats
Orca
Triceratops
Olive Tree
Golden Eagle
Corn
Great Dane
Oyster Mushroom
Crocodile
Dandelion
Rock Hyrax
Blue Tang
Siberian Husky
Robin Red Breast
Cactus Finch
Indian Elephant
Peacock
Giraffe
Privet
Tamarin
Chestnut Tree
Sea Anemone
Black Mamba
Seahorses
Mandrill
Saber-Toothed Cat
Scarlet Macaw
Tulips
Copepod
Marlin
Leopard
Redwood
Starfish
Golden Retriever
Papaya Tree
Fennec Fox
Spinosaurus
Basil
Sea Slugs
Sword-Billed Hummingbird
Kingfisher
Cabbage
Indian Roller
Musk Ox
Ringtail Possum
Archaea
Amazon River Dolphin
Banana Tree
Galápagos Penguin
Bearded Vulture
Truffle
Jellyfish
Great Bustard
Tibetan Wolf
Hedgehog
Timor Deer
Rockhopper Penguin
Swallow-Tailed Gull
Raven
Bengal Tiger
Saffron Finch
Toad
Caracal
Carmine Bee-Eater
Agave Cactus
Llama
Cuckoo
Swan
Rottweiler
Lychee Tree
Anaconda
Great Crested Grebe
Peafowl
Wild Garlic
Ivory Gull
Magnificent Frigatebird
Buttercup
Barnacle
Poodle
Bamboo
Oak Tree
Lions
Red Squirrel
Coconut Crab
Polar Bear
Pelican
Earthworm
Ring-Tailed Lemur
Flamingo
Indian Pangolin
Ammonites
Stegosaurus
Elephant Seal
Jay
Glowworm
Mouse
Tiger Shark
Magnolia Tree
Antelope
Sequoia
Dogwood
Beetle
Fieldfare
Heron
Crayfish
Spinach
German Shepherd
Arctic Hare
Golden Poison Frog
Head in the Clouds
As you stick your head inside the cloud sculpture, a pleasant soft-spoken female voice is speaking:
most of our bodies
are melted snow
you are different
from two weeks ago
we are moving
through the cycle
waking water
fresh as dew
old as ice
as heavy, too
we are moving
through the cycle
rivers run through
you and me
clouds don’t die
they become tea
we are moving
through the cycle
a human’s just
a hurricane
all you are
once was rain
Sunlight Under My Skin
A soft, pleasant female voice is speaking:
Right now, sunlight is coursing through your body.
It radiated from our star as a stream of photons, rocketing along at, well, the speed of light…
…for a little over eight minutes before it arrived at earth, smack into the leaf of a plant.
The sunlight became part of that plant, and through digestion, that plant became part of you.
You’ve unlocked the energy of the sun as nutrients, as your body making and remaking its cells.
Look inside.
Your bloodstreams are capillaries of sunlight branching.
Your cells are made of sunlight, slowed down to a human pace, to a steady pulse.
The rhythm of light is the rhythm of life.
Tree of Life
A pleasant, soft-spoken female voice is speaking:
It all started with a bang. The Big Bang.
From this explosion of energy came a planet, and a sun, and a fractal, fragile web of species, past present and future.
Over millions of years we living things wove ourselves together out of energy, chemistry, survival and luck.
You are one of those lucky ones.
But you are witness to only a tiny fraction of the forms and faces that have
been, and will be.
Look around. You are hardly apart from nature. You are nature.
Weave yourself into the tapestry.
Find yourself in the kaleidoscope.
Take your spot on the farthest tip of the newest twig of the tree of life.
You’re in good company.
Water, air, energy and star-stuff flow through you, expressing themselves
in the unique shape you make.
