In really arid places like Africa, watering holes are where life congregates. Waller Creek is like that sort of. Birds roost in the trees and shrubs. fish Swim in the water, going about their fish-buisness. Squirrels collect nuts and bounce from tree to tree. Students walk by going to class or waiting for the bus. All of these things happen as opposed to zebras and antelope and elephants gathering at the water hole to drink, wash and stuff like that. Even though we are supposed to be writing about unity and the creek as a whole, it is difficult because I am only exposed to this one little section. The creek extends in both directions, but all I can see is what is in front of me. I realize that the ability to view things as one and not as fragmented parts is valuable. "This contraptual imagination is becoming increasingly prized in the sciences." I understand that if people do not see things as a whole we would be doomed because we can'tney or Pari seem to understand that what we do has an affect on what happens in Japan or Iceland or France or any other place in the world. This ability is needed as a "training ground for stereoscopic vision needed to cope with the limitations of today's science." I realize that all of the differences that make up waller creek are the whole. For example, Humans are made up of tissue and bone and muscle and blood cells etc. Each part does its job to ensure our survival. But we are not seen as seperate entities that just happen to make up a being. We are seen as more than a sum of our parts. If the creek was a person he would be an old man, about 72 years old with liver spots and gray hair. Even though he might not look all that clean and new, he would still have a nice welcome smile like a grandfather or something. Waller Creek might have alot of trash and pond scum and gross things, but it is still nice to visit and relax at.