{"id":339,"date":"2023-11-10T19:08:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T20:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dimensionfx.net\/?p=339"},"modified":"2023-11-23T08:08:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T08:08:52","slug":"the-peculiar-story-of-how-the-puffin-returned-to-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dimensionfx.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/10\/the-peculiar-story-of-how-the-puffin-returned-to-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Peculiar Story of How the Puffin Returned to Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"
The year is 1886, and you\u2019ve just moved from the verdant countryside to the urban sprawl of the big city. Billowing smokestacks have replaced your morning view of the misty mountains, steel monoliths stand in for ancient deciduous trees and the screeching sound of trains on tracks silence bird song.<\/p>\n
Though you\u2019ve knowingly traded a life spent in the wilderness for the grandeur of the Gilded Age, you long for the sublimity only nature can provide. And, because you are a woman, you can only experience the wonders of the world through the stories and treasures brought back by male explorers, colonizers and trophy hunters.<\/p>\n
In an attempt to satisfy society\u2019s standards, you don a hat embellished with exotic feathers and strut down the streets of Manhattan.<\/p>\n
The words of naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace echo in your mind: \u201cAll the beauty is in the feathers…I almost think a feather is the masterpiece of nature.\u201d<\/p>\n
How can you argue with Darwin\u2019s contemporary\u2014the co-founder of evolutionary theory? You flaunt your beauty and your fitness in the hope that a courting suitor will recognize your value.<\/p>\n