Natures Oldest Mandolin:

Natures Oldest Mandolin:
Natures Oldest Mandolin: The Poetic Science of How Cicadas Sing – description

The use of music, Richard Powers wrote, is to remind us how short a time we have a body a truth nowhere more bittersweet than in the creature whose body is the oldest unchanged musical instrume [+6513 chars] – source – Maria Popova https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/05/05/cicadas/