Original artwork, not a still
Last Chance To See ‧ 1990
The system of life on this planet is so astoundingly complex that it was a long time before man even realised that it was a system at all and that it wasn’t something that was just there.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The passage presents life's complexity as something people were slow to recognise as a system. It contrasts connected organisation with the assumption that things were simply there. The surprising emphasis falls on perception: recognising a pattern is itself portrayed as a difficult and belated achievement.
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