The first human-made object to break the sound barrier was a whip. As the energy increases from the handle to the end of the whip, the energy is moving beyond the speed of sound at the tip. That’s why a whip makes such a loud cracking noise.
That is fascinating! Who would have thought. My youngest son brought a whip back from a trip he made to Spain. His dog is so funny, if she sees him reach for it (he's never hit her with it, of course, but he will crack it)anyway, all he has to do is reach towards it and she begins talking to him in her own way and running between Grandma's (me) knees.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I cannot go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know? I hear my being dance from ear to ear. I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, which are you? God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there, And learn by going where I have to go.
Light takes the Tree, but who can tell us how? The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair; I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Great Nature has another thing to do To you and me; so take the lively air, And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know. What falls away is always. And is near. I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I learn by going where I have to go.
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That is fascinating! Who would have thought. My youngest son brought a whip back from a trip he made to Spain. His dog is so funny, if she sees him reach for it (he's never hit her with it, of course, but he will crack it)anyway, all he has to do is reach towards it and she begins talking to him in her own way and running between Grandma's (me) knees.
And perhaps also a bow and arrow.
African or European?
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