Whether the water is stagnant or rushing down-stream, I notice that

it is one of Waller Creek’s prime characteristics. But when I look at the

water, what else do I see? The limestone bed? The squawking birds among

the tree’s high branches? The few ducks that fly by trying not be seen?

Everyone sees the same thing in different ways, but everything, one at a

time. That’s the way I see things. What is it like to view the whole of

Waller Creek as one united mass? How can I begin to process that the water,

the limestone, the trees, and the birds, all come together to create one

unity? How does the plastic bag and discarded beer can add to the eco-

system. Do they become part of this whole? How am I a part of this united

mass? We often find that "…the notion of an individual apart from the

collectivity is a total alien distinction"(Burch 349). The way I see it

is by breaking down. It all comes down to individual things, but the

individual is still a part of the whole. We have this infinite universe;

we are part of the solar system; we all live on earth, each one of us

occupies space on this earth. I can only, “…know the word in terms of the

body, and accordance with its structure”(Watts 356). My body is alone. We

are all alone, but we make up the big picture. We feel alone, but we all

feel. The leaf falling from the tree above my head is as much a part of

this united body as I am. How can I sit here and wonder how Waller Creek is

united, when I need to ponder how the whole universe is united? What a

mind-blowing thought. How does the trickling water of the creek relate to

the gaseous planet of Jupiter? Though they share no common characteristics.

It simply explained that they are present and occupy space. We all are the

same when it comes down to atoms. We are all one body.