Cellular Buddhism

  A strange idea for sure until you learn how cells ‘decide’ what to do. First of all, a cell EITHER reproduces OR matures.  It can only do one at a time. What influences the cell’s choice is the physical tension on the cell and whether it’s ATTACHED to a surface.  When I used to grow cells in the lab, in plastic dishes, only when the surface was coated with...
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Mystic Molecules

When I was trying to ‘brand’ what I do, I called my work “Mystic Molecules.” Why such a bizarre combination? Well, it’s a bit like my perspective. Molecules, of course, refers to science and our chemical makeup. Mystic refers to the artistic, metaphysical, symbolic, mysterious, and even, the sacred. When I began photographing molecules under the microscope, I was...
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Life and Death

Wandering in a vineyard this time of year, where the vines are grarly or straight up in a line… No leaves upon them and many shorn of their wavy canes, The vineyard looks dead. No signs of life. Until the mustard blossoms. And the green grasses appear. and when the vineyard looks old and barren or as yet, unproven, it is a time of reflection for the Harvests gone by and yet to come ...
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