Not having cable or satellite TV, I don't often get to see nature shows.  But when I do, what seems to be missing from the technically amazing footage and the anthropomorphic heart-wrenching is the multifaceted sense of experience we encounter in the real world.

By combining art and science, poetry and music, culinary treats and imagination we can coax this two-dimensional medium of video into better approximating the reality around us.

Janet's poem epitomizes the taste, touch, smell, see, and hear approach to life and is the first of a series of poems that will appear in coming episodes.
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