There is this word in Chinese.
精密 JingMi
The English translation is "precise"
But that definition really falls short.
It DOES mean precise.... but in a somewhat reverent and mysterious way.
JingMi is opening up the back of a centuries old pocket watch and partaking in the secret world of well-oiled gears and cogs, polished to miniature perfection by a nameless craftsman generations ago, without the benefit of modern tools.
JingMi is the structure of the eye, bending, absorbing, and redirecting light in a mysterious miracle of physics and flesh. Light bent, refracted and manipulated by millions of years of death-honed perfection, in a system efficient and endlessly complex.
It's THAT kind of precision.... It's appreciating the exquisite synchrony of a world hidden in an everyday object, be it the polished inner spring of handmade pocket watch or the delicate system of airsacs in the body of a bird.
It's not the precision of a winning dart throw.... it's awe inspired silence when faced with a great mysterious precision, and understanding the full weight of what it took to get there.
I cant really think of an English word that encompasses this feeling. But it describes Anatomy to a T.
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