Moving down the dirt beaten path, I cautiously noted to avoid bumping into the three leafed, red tinged plant that has caused many people blistering and irritation: Western Poison Oak. Although mankind arrogantly assumes superiority over nature, this plant proves man’s flawed “invincibility.” Nature can impact humans, despite our efforts to domesticate the wild. Animal trainers attempting to tame creatures have surely been hurt, insects and pests have impacted agricultural productivity, and the moving earth has ruined millions of beach-side and hillside homes. I believe nature has a quiet power,
flaunted in the complexities of its own works (the animals and plants) and the effects it has inflicted upon man’s eternal struggle to control, rather work with nature.