getting into it

i've been thinking a lot lately about several subjects. mostly i have been concerned with soil science, human biology, nutrition, human strength, interconnectivity between soil and plant life and its effects on human life, humans' impact on plant life, the history of cheese making in various ethnicities, fermentation in general, and hand to hand combat and its role in male culture. these things all make sense to me right now as being legitimately related to one another. my diversity of interests only seems to arouse more curiosity in other subject areas, but i seem to always make a connection back to where i began. i have been like this for a few years.

however, things seem to be changing at the moment. i think because of my direct experience in many of these areas, and my new role as a parent, i feel more connected to the things i am learning. i don't think i'm close to understanding any one subject fully, but where i used to end my thought process in confusion as to what i could study next to further grasp concepts i had just learned, i now feel more confident. i feel as if i'm approaching what my math professors would have called a saddle point in life. my experience and knowledge seem to be converging on a point where things will be different on the other side. a saddle point is point of inflection, it is not an extremum, therefore, it is only a shift in understanding, not the ultimate in understanding.

for me, all of these subjects and others on the fringe of my thoughts - evolutionary biology, human biomechanics, fluid systems, come together in farming. the farm is my permanent experiment station and ultimate source of teaching. i guess i would say the land in general, and the relationships it maintains are what keep me hungry for knowledge and keep me constantly curious and fulfilled. it's a beautiful thing to know what you love, and even more beautiful to do it every day.