by Sondra Barrett | Dec 10, 2010 | Art and Science, Blog, Cultivating Well-being, Featured, Secrets of Your Cells
This time of year is tricky in that it’s a time of both celebration and going into the darkest times, time to go inner. Plus the chill of winter and wetness does a lot to dampen spirits. So what brings you cheer or balance? What cheers me – the people I...
by Sondra Barrett | Nov 14, 2010 | Art and Science, Blog, Featured
What does transformation mean? Changing form or shape. This picture is named “transformation” and reveals fermenting chardonnay. It could be called “Jewels in Space.” The Grape and Wine are perfect metaphors and examples of transformation...
by Sondra Barrett | Sep 16, 2010 | Art and Science, Blog, Featured
I am often asked, “What are these pictures, what do they show?” One answer is the hidden universe in wine. My other answers go from wine Rorschach to the artistic expression of the winemaker or the land. No matter which interpretation, these photographs of wine...
by Sondra Barrett | Sep 14, 2010 | Art and Science, Blog, Cell Wisdom, Cultivating Well-being, Featured
This is a photograph of a high-energy molecule called Creatine Phosphate. It is stored in our muscles, heart and brain for when we need to take quick action. Its our backup system after a few seconds of muscle work – this replenishes the molecular energy cycle....
by Sondra Barrett | Sep 13, 2010 | Art and Science, Blog, Cultivating Well-being, Featured
Caffeine will do it every time. Caffeine is my drug of choice, can’t start a day without it. What about you? This photomicrograph of pure caffeine gives you a visual idea of how it prods us awake. I like my coffee full-bodied, rich and strong, kind of how I’d like my...
by Sondra Barrett | Sep 9, 2010 | Art and Science, Blog
I started my professional life as a medical scientist, a serious scientist on the faculty of the University of California Medical School. But then a tool of science – a microscope – opened me to the ART IN SCIENCE. Seeing photographs of chemicals of the brain at the...
