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Now that you mention it, "root system" is extremely suggestive of a neuron, yes. Total coincidence, strangely enough.honestrosewater said:I like your work, zooby.Root Stem looks strikingly like a neuron to me -- the first time I saw it and still just now.
Yeah, I see it.
There was a painter named George Catlin who once saw a group of Indian dignitaries walking down the streets of Philadelphia, (like, 1830's) visiting from their homeland in the still relatively white-free west. He was amazed at their sense of presence, how self possessed they seemed: not wild indians, but great men, as you say. Eventually he chucked his little portrait business and went on a long journey to the west visiting tribes all over the place to paint portraits of them, and record their environment and lifestyle.
He wasn't really such a great painter, but his notebooks of the trip, still available in a two volume set, are wonderful reading if you're into Native Americana.
Yeah, the zoobies of his day frequently mistook him for a zoobie. He'd wander out of the town everyday into the countryside singing aloud to himself, his hair flying all over the place. Later in life he didn't bother to get dressed when alone at home, forgot about this and greeted visitors buck naked sometimes. He used to like to pour bowls of water over his head for some reason, and ruined a lot of floors. He holds some record for the number of times he was evicted. There's probably 50 addresses in Vienna that can authentically boast that Beethoven once lived there. He woulda been happier in a brush shelter.
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