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Picturing a World

Neanderthal to the moon

An idea on p. 57 of Rebecca Wragg Sykes' absorbing book, Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art, jumped out at me: The smell in the air when stone implements are knapped is like just the smell of the silica-rich powder blanketing the moon. A haiku followed whole, not a syllable needed changing:


 
A Neanderthal
Knaps a flint. Silica flies.
Sharp tang of moon dust.
 
What a lift any burst of creativity gives you, however minor! 

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