Science is amazing. We had our miracle child in 2000. Fitting for the beginning of a new century.
Yesterday we saw Avatar. The scene of the Avatar embroyos made me think about the child, our child sitting next to us. She was a “test tube baby”. Our little Avatar? Well she wasn’t part of the indegenous tribe of Pandora but she was a creation of science. She was not conceived to understand nor infiltrate the human race for our purposes. But she was conceived so our family grow and live on.
While not conceived in the same natural way, she is human. She is connected to all of humankind. Just as the tree of souls she possesses the hopes, instincts of humankind. She is a kindly child. Filled with wonder and deep sensitivities. Does her psyche hold different conceptual memories? Does she connect with the world and nature differently? Will these manifest in her life?
These are questions which will perhaps have answers far into the future. In the meantime, we parent her and love her and cultivate her interests and deep longings. My hope is that she has the fortitude and instincts portrayed by the Avatar. We see her.
