The Power of Light as a force in Medical Illustration or any Illustration Written & Illustrated by Laura Maaske, MSc.BMC, Medical Illustrator & Medical Animator Do you recall your first discovery of light when you were a child? What an alluring beauty that intangible phantom presents for babies at a certain age. I remember […]
Anatomy of Wood Hardwoods like maple, as opposed to softwoods, naturally produce a wide array of incredible patterns and details, This complexity makes wood identification a difficult puzzle at times. Typically, the family of wood can be identified, but not always the species. Details are noted in a sequence most likely to simply the identification […]
“There’ll never be a door. You are inside and the fortress contains the universe and has no other side nor any back nor any outer wall nor secret core. Do not expect the rigor of your path, which stubbornly splits into another one, which stubbornly splits into another one, to have an end. . . […]
And yet relation appears, A small relation expanding like the shade Of a cloud on sand, a shape on the side of a hill. -Wallace Stevens, “Connoisseur of Chaos” . What are your favorite fractals? For me, simply to list my favorite fractals together, knowing they all share something in […]
What are the Common Patterns in Nature
Yes, the question is abstract and obscure. But I may as well admit it. At root, what I want to know most is, “What does the body tell us about the universe?”, and vice versa.
Personal Reasons for Writing and Posting my Work Here
What can we learn about the design of the universe, as we look to the body for clues? My question finds me at a somewhat broken place where I have observed a great deal of disconnectedness. But recently I am beginning to observe in those same patterns, a common architecture. I wonder if this sense is real. I want to find design parallels using science, art, philosophy and all the truth traditions as tools. I want my professional life and my personal life to lead me down this path of exploration.