This article came along just as I'm finally digging into *Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt." This article reminded me of more than one passage from Dunn ... I'll quote a couple here.
[Dunn 'quoting' a sculpture:]"Don't just gape in awe and wonder, shake your head, and walk away. Bring me back to life! Know me -- who I was and what I was. The only way to do this is to understand what I am and build another! Why am I smiling? Don't think for a minute that I am content sitting here on my pedastal, misunderstood by the droves that have passed by for centuries. There is more here than meets the eye."
Dunn now: "Words cannot describe my feelings of wonder and awe as I absorbed from the temples not only a philosophical and spiritual aspect but also with my engineer's brain. These temples impressed upon me indelibly that they were incredibly important from an engineering and scientific perspective. "
It seems to me that nearly all of us are forced to walk through most of life in this way ... not because we're deliberatly ignorant ... because we can only truly see, and resonate with, that which is within the scope of our varied expertises (be they one or five). To all else we must remain largely blind, part of the misunderstanding droves ... unless someone with regard for the nuances comes along to let us inside long enough to catch -that glimpse-.
[Dunn 'quoting' a sculpture:]"Don't just gape in awe and wonder, shake your head, and walk away. Bring me back to life! Know me -- who I was and what I was. The only way to do this is to understand what I am and build another! Why am I smiling? Don't think for a minute that I am content sitting here on my pedastal, misunderstood by the droves that have passed by for centuries. There is more here than meets the eye."
Dunn now: "Words cannot describe my feelings of wonder and awe as I absorbed from the temples not only a philosophical and spiritual aspect but also with my engineer's brain. These temples impressed upon me indelibly that they were incredibly important from an engineering and scientific perspective. "
It seems to me that nearly all of us are forced to walk through most of life in this way ... not because we're deliberatly ignorant ... because we can only truly see, and resonate with, that which is within the scope of our varied expertises (be they one or five). To all else we must remain largely blind, part of the misunderstanding droves ... unless someone with regard for the nuances comes along to let us inside long enough to catch -that glimpse-.