Evolve -- A Song That Gets It Right

A group in the Pacific Northwest, Gaia Consort, performs music that might be described as secular pagan folk rock. One of their songs, "Evolve" has got to be the coolest thing I've heard in a long time.

Life teaches life teaches life teaches life
One thing: evolve

Not only does this make me think of Chris Adami's work on increasing information content in evolution (although Adami, at least in what I've read of him, doesn't specifically address co-evolution), it really appeals to the ecology buff in me. Living things adapt to one another, whether in arms races or mutually beneficial relationships. "Life teaches life" is a beautiful way of saying this.

There's a full-length live version of the song on the Gaia Consort homepage (scroll down). I might use it for a celebration of the origin of life.

Hello World!

OK, so I really ought to be studying for a physicochemical biology midterm. Instead, I'm creating a blog. I've thought about starting one for a while, so you'd think it could wait -- but have this weird habit of doing things precisely when I don't have time to do them.

I am a student, an ecology geek and interested in life, the Universe and everything. (Really -- I'm a member of UCLA's Astrobiology Society.) The idea is to search for patterns and try to put things together. Expect posts on ecology, space, world citizenship, big history, bizarre connections, speculations and a fair amount of miscellany.