Monday, April 4, 2011

Looking around in Wiki Commons

I found this image while looking to see what is available on Wiki Commons. Even though it is a highly scientific image made through photomicrography, I was drawn to it for unscientific reasons. It illustrates histopathologic features of aspergillosis. I see it as a dandelion-like micro-organism in a field of pink and magenta. I'm not a painter per se, but it makes me want to paint. It allows me to see the scientific - medical attraction to understanding the language of health and disease of the human body.

Still perusing through Wiki Commons led to this photograph of the fundus, or interior of the eye. Its an abstraction derived from the details of the human body, though an opthomologist may look at it as wonderfully detailed. I see visual parallels to this image and NASA and Hubble telescope images.