I suppose it's accurate to say that I am someone more of the unnatural / man made world than the natural. No Alexander von Humboldt I. There are only a few places more unnatural than New York City, my place of origin.
There are many lessons to be learned off the pavement. I said something in yesterday's post about the complexity of the sunflower. This is what it looks like in its early development. You can just see the elements of what it will become after a genetic explosion.
I make no claim to being a nature or floral photographer. My attention runs more toward the urban and ironic. Still, whatever these are in the botanical garden got my attention and a daily photo blog has a hungry mouth to feed. Somehow they don't look real, in the sense that the colors came from the earth rather than Photoshop. But what I saw is what you get.
What may we see in our gardens as genetic editing technology progresses even further? It's worth reading up some on CRISPR-Cas9 techniques if it's new to you. O brave new world
That has such people in't! Shakespeare, The
Tempest Act 5, scene 1.
