Galileo's Gaze Comments

The beginning of human endeavours touches us all. An interesting poem. Thank you Denis for your comments.

Wonderful poem with a different perception. I had never thought of the marvels of our earth from such a perception. Yes, the depth of life is revealed from such contrasts. He knows by contrast the good fortune of living on earth - very true. Thank you for sharing such beautiful ideas by penning beautiful poems like this.

Even today scientists still can't answer the questions Addressed in my short piece 'Earth Physics' And human is still in the maze...

Knowledge is wholesome.Knowledge in one field may complement our knowledge in another field.Galileo.'s knowledge in art helped him to discover new facts about moon. A great poem, thanks for sharing.

In the novelization of 2001 an advanced alien being observes the proto-human simians ans concludes his race should accelerate their Evolution through their technology. It's because of one of the proto-humans who persistently observes the Moon - that convinces the alien these creatures have promise: one observer of one moon. Your portrait of Galileo is the promise of that proto-human realized. Galileo the scientist stands on the shoulders of many proto-scientists. It's wonderful that great genius like Galileo accomplish so much, but science in particular and culture in general is the achievement of many, many members of the human race, working in tandem, building over vast time frames, toward - what? More knowledge? More machines? Wisdom? Who can say - the enterprise is too big. Your poem celebrates a moment of glory in this on-going enterprise. Moon-watcher primeval... Moon-watcher Galileo... Moon-watcher- (?) .