Many inventions have made modern life what it is: comfortable, convenient, and efficient. One invention, however, stands above the rest, as it has made all the other inventions possible. Stop. Can you guess what it is?
While it is true that life would have gone on without the arrival of ink, mankind's history would read differently. In fact, it wouldn't read at all. A world without ink would take us back to the stone age.
Although ink has undergone many changes since its crude beginning, it earmarks the beginning of recorded history, an event bigger than anyone can fathom, as it is still going on.
We must not lose sight of those that came before us, because they braved unmapped territory. Had they not had the ability to record their findings, obviously things would be different. In a single breath it can be said that ink has both simplified and complicated life on planet Earth.
While I stand agape at all the new inventions, I bow in humble gratitude to those who made everything thereafter a possibility.
to be continued....