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Why is there something rather than nothing? This podcast is a philosophical and psychological exploration into the act of creation (poets, musicians, writers, painters, thinkers, all of us) by: Ken Volante
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Wednesday May 12, 2021
Wednesday May 12, 2021
A warm welcome to Elizabeth Beston.
Her artist statement gives a wonderful introduction to her explorations:
We often associate the microscopic world as looking inwards, and downwards (as opposed to space, which is felt of as an outward, expansive pursuit). Through my photographic work, I want to challenge this paradigm, using the microscope as a platform for connecting to something bigger than us – after all, in H.G. Wells’ ‘War of the Worlds’ it wasn’t the power of the humans that won earth it’s victory, it was microbes, unseen by us on our plane of vision, but there nonetheless, mightier than any army. Through my microscope, I am invited into new galaxies, and whilst I use my instrument for scientific exploration, I also find abstract and aesthetic beauty – mysterious landscapes, intriguing textures, and depths of colour. It is these fascinating discoveries I want to share with the world, and show the beauty under a microscope through visceral eyes.
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I am intrigued by Elizabeth’s passion for observing and passing along her pictures of diatoms and microalgae. I have the same passion. When I was teaching all aspects of aquaculture my favorite lab practicum was the phytoplankton sampling and identification lessons. I often found myself immersed so completely that I would look up and see that it was dark outside and i wondered where everyone else was. They had left hours ago and it was way past time to go home, haha!
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